Plumpton Hall

This is a farmhouse, dating to the mid-17th century, with alterations made in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It is constructed of coursed rubble, rendered on the front, with stone slate and Westmorland slate roofs. The original building was a 2-storey, 3-bay block to which a 2-storey, 3-bay rear wing has been added. The front of the house features quoins and a plinth. The east front has a canted bay window, the likely position of a former blocked doorway, and two 4-pane sashes. Above these windows are three further 4-pane sashes on the first floor. Gritstone stacks are present to the ends of the building, with a larger stack on the ridge above the blocked doorway. The left return shows a double-chamfered window on the ground floor and an attic window with three round-headed lights, formerly topped by a stepped hood-mould, but now blocked by an inserted chimney stack. On the right return of the wing, a 6-panel glazed door is set within an elaborate moulded stone surround, featuring three sunk panels to the lintel and a weathered inscription, thought to read "16 B ??", possibly indicating 1656. Above the door are 16-pane sashes in flush-wood frames, with a blocked doorway between the windows to the left. First-floor windows consist of sashes with glazing bars in flush wood architraves, alongside blocked single- and 3-light chamfered mullion windows. A gable coping is present to the left, alongside two brick stacks with cogged shafts on the ridge, one to the left of the door and one at the far left. The rear wing features an outshut with 19th-century windows. The rear of the main block has blocked chamfered mullion windows, while the rear wing has a blocked door with a cambered arch. Internally, a large cavity is located to the left of the fireplace in the main room. A fine staircase with turned balusters is situated opposite the entrance in the rear wing. Historical research suggests the east wing was built after the rear wing, but the dated door surround may have been repositioned during the building's refenestration in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The structure exhibits stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops.