Description:The Hall is actually a large cottage located near to Horton Lodge on the west side of Rudyard Lake. When it was built c1865, the house was known as Keeper's Cottage, but it later acquired the name 'Spite Hall'. The house was built by an unknown gentleman only a few yards from Rudyard Villa, with the apparent aim of destroying his neighbour's view of the lake. Grotesque gargoyles pulling their tongues towards the Villa were used to decorate the exterior of 'Spite Hall', some of which are now in the garden's rockery.
The cottage was used as a tea-room between 1873 and about 1890, after which time it served for some years as a guest-house.