The Old Hall

SJ 97 NW RAINOW C.P. SUGAR LANE (South Side)

2/154 The Old Hall

14/4/1967

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Formerly farmhouse now house: earlier C17 with addition dated 1690 and C20 alterations. Coursed squared buff sandstone rubble. Kerridge stone-slate roof, stone ridge and 3 stone chimneys. T-shaped in plan. 2-storey, 3-bay south front. Blocked door in right end bay under hood mould. Other bays have C20 windows under hood moulds. Right gable end has 4, 2-light chamfered stone mullions under hood moulds and one left gable end has 1 similar 3-light, 3 2-lights and 2 1-lights. Wing to rear has 2-storey, 3-bay east front. Left end bay has a heavy door lintel with FES (for Francis Stevenson) 1690 carved on it. (A C20 copy taken from the original rainhead). A 2-light stone mullion and a tiny leaded light to attic above. 3-light stone mullions in central bay, 2-light in right end bay. Good rainhead is 1930 copy of the original but some original decorated lead guttering. Interior: Timber-framed partition walls. Dogleg C17 staircase with shaped and pierced flat balusters, moulded handrail and square newels. Most doors 6-panelled with reeded rails, turned handles and wooden latches. Roof structure has 2 trusses of tiebeam, 2 diagonal struts and a collar. 2 chamfered beams in main room with plain stops.

The continuation of the wing towards the road was rebuilt in 1975 and is not included in the item. Formerly known as Sugar Lane Farmhouse.

Listing NGR: SJ9491676124