Old Hall Farmhouse And Garden Wall

The Old Hall Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the middle to late 17th century, with alterations made in the 18th and 19th centuries, and a late 18th-century extension to the right. It is constructed of dressed sandstone, with a chamfered plinth; the gable of the left return has been repaired in brick. The roofs are covered with clay pantiles, featuring stone ridge copings, with renewed concrete gable copings. Upper portions of the stacks have been rebuilt in brick. The farmhouse has two storeys and an attic, with three windows. A late 20th-century door is set in an altered window opening on the right, replacing a previously blocked off-centre doorway that had a quoin surround. Enlarged window openings show the blocked remains of what were originally chamfered-mullioned windows, which now contain renewed sash and a mid-20th-century casement window on the left end. A similar stair window and blocked remains of an attic stair window are situated to the left of the original doorway. A four-light chamfered-mullioned first-floor window, holding Victorian sashes, is at the right end. Dripmoulds run between the floors, interrupted by the altered windows. Two iron tie plates are visible on the upper floors.

The projecting two-storey gabled extension has a mid-20th-century window on the ground floor to the left. The left return has sash windows with glazing bars, stone sills, and keystones within flat brick arches. A moulded eaves cornice and hollow-chamfered kneelers are present. The rear roof is hipped. The returns of the farmhouse have external stacks; the one on the right is concealed by the extension, while the one on the left has hollow-chamfered offsets and a partly jettied projection supported by a row of three moulded corbels on the ground floor. Enlarged fire windows now contain sashes with glazing bars, and a blocked garret light is visible to the left of the stack. The left end of the rear elevation shows a blocked chamfered first-floor window, and altered two-light chamfered-mullioned windows, the ground floor window being partly blocked, and now housing horizontal sashes. Dripmoulds are present between the floors. Two iron cross tie plates are visible on the upper floors.

Inside, there is an early 19th-century dogleg staircase with stick balusters and a moulded handrail. Timber panelling from the 17th century is divided into bays by two quasi-Ionic pilasters with scooped ornament on the shafts, located at the head of the stair. The roof features king-post trusses. The extension incorporates an inglenook fireplace with a moulded firebeam. The late 19th-century return of the garden wall is not considered of particular interest. At the time of resurvey, the rear wall of the farmhouse had visibly bulged outwards. A garden wall at the front has sloped-topped copings.