Tritlington Old Hall

Tritlington Old Hall is a house that features a medieval tower, which was enlarged in 1595, likely by Martin Ogle. The building was remodeled in 1723 by Deodatus Threlkeld, with further alterations made in 1900 and around 1980. It is constructed of stone with dressings and has a Welsh slate roof. The layout is L-shaped, with a stone spiral stair located in an extruded turret at the rear.

The entrance front has three irregular bays. The left bay consists of the south wall of the medieval tower, which is now one and a half storeys high, featuring a blocked ground-floor window and an attic sash window under a gable from around 1900, topped with a stepped and corniced stack. To the right, the south wall of the 1595 block was refaced in 1723 and is two storeys tall. It includes a four-panel door with a two-pane overlight in a stop-chamfered surround from 1900, along with a renewed 16-pane sash window in a raised stone surround. On the first floor, there are two renewed 12-pane sashes in flush stone surrounds with narrow chamfers and slightly projecting sills. The right end gable has coping with kneelers and a renewed stack. On the right return, there is a former door, now a window, in a raised and chamfered stone surround. The left return is two storeys with two bays, largely refaced in 1923, featuring plain sash windows from 1900 and a central small blocked ground-floor window. The rear elevation shows the stair turret, which is partly corbelled out, with two small windows in chamfered surrounds and weathering from the roof of a destroyed north range. Both the turret and the tower on the right have gables from 1900, with sash windows. To the left, there is a three-bay outshut from 1900 that was heightened around 1980. An old lintel from a wall behind has been re-set at the first-floor level, inscribed with "MOA" (Martin Ogle aedificat?) and the date 1595.

Inside, there is a doorway with a chamfered surround at the foot of the newel stair, and a blocked doorway with a chamfered surround and a relieving arch above, leading from the stair to the sitting room. The cellar beneath the kitchen has a brick barrel vault, and the bedroom above the sitting room features a panelled wall with a fireplace surround, both likely dating from 1723.

Deodatus Threlkeld, a watchmaker from Newcastle, is noted for having built the house, moving in around 1723.