The Hall

The Hall is a house, originally built in 1818 by John Dobson for Henry Taylor, and later enlarged and remodelled in 1910 by Robert Mauchlen. It is constructed of ashlar with graduated Lakeland slate roofs, except for Welsh slates on some rear sections. The design is a mix of plain Grecian style (in the 1818 parts) and a free Classical style (in the 1910 extensions), arranged in a general L-plan.

The east front, which serves as the main entrance, is divided into two parts. The left section is a two-storey, five-bay main block with a plinth, first-floor and sill bands. Three steps lead up to a central distyle-in-antis Greek Dorio porch. Renewed 12-pane sash windows are present, the lower windows having moulded sills. The facade includes a plain frieze and a boldly-projecting eaves cornice, topped with a hipped roof. To the right is a lower, three-bay wing with matching window patterns and two stepped-and-corniced ridge stacks. A 1910 east wing projects from the far right, comprising a four-bay inner return with similar windows, plus a projecting gatehouse. The gatehouse has broad panelled end pilasters flanking a distyle screen with plain Doric columns and lintels. A moulded and keyed roundel above holds a sundial, flanked by 12-pane sashes. It is topped with a pyramidal roof and central stepped-and-corniced stacks. An external stone staircase is located in the angle of the wings; its circular plan bifurcates around a pillar supporting a sundial, with balustraded handrails. An upper doorway is set under a quadrant-plan stone canopy with a frieze, swept cap, and owl finial.

The south front displays similar detailing and fenestration to the east front.

The north elevation features a gatehouse with a flat arch on columns and moulded caps, beneath a cornice and a keyed semicircular arch holding a domed recess with a statue. Flanking this are circular, radially-glazed windows in raised surrounds.

The west elevation shows a projecting stair wing with a large leaded round-arched window above a flat-roofed, single-storey extension featuring a pedimented centre. Most windows are plain sashes.

The interior is largely from the early 20th century, with an open-well stair and wrought-iron handrail. A panelled sitting room boasts a carved oak overmantel, a ship painting, and a coffered plaster ceiling. The dining room in the east wing incorporates a panelled plaster ceiling, wood columns, and a 17th-century-style end fireplace with a stone band.

A pent-roofed sun lounge in the south-west corner, which has been altered, is not considered to be of particular architectural interest.