The Old Hall

The Old Hall is an early 17th-century house, originally a hall, later used as a rectory, and now a private residence. It has undergone significant alterations including late 19th-century extensions and a brick skin. The exterior is largely faced with Ruabon red brick, masking earlier timber framing. The roof is covered in Welsh slate, and there are two gable brick chimneys. The front of the building is two and three storeys high, with seven bays. The left two bays are of two storeys and incorporate a later addition with sash windows. The remainder of the front is symmetrical, featuring a plinth, ball-finialled end pilasters on the main body, and on the corners of a central, three-storey gabled projection. Windows are 12-pane sashes set within cambered brick heads, with upper windows in gabled half-dormers. The original wooden doorcase, heavily moulded, has been moved but retains carved base stops and a studded four-board oak door. The interior entrance leads into a large hall comprising two rooms. A relocated 19th-century four-centred arched stone fireplace features an original Jacobean overmantel adorned with strapwork and perspective panels, including one depicting a unicorn rampant and one showing an eagle in a tree. Ceiling panels between heavy spine beams, featuring strapwork borders and central panels, are supported by posts with carved and shaped heads. Six-panelled doors are set within bolection moulded architraves with raised fields. A parlour to the right displays restored oak wainscotting above a painted dado with raised fields, and incorporates a late 19th-century Jacobean fireplace and overmantel, along with an original Jacobean cornice and strapwork panels in the ceiling. Beyond the hall is the "Pillar Room," notable for two pairs of carved mahogany balusters supporting a central ceiling beam, embellished with Victorian stucco work. A relocated Jacobean oak staircase, originally within a gabled porch, has shaped flat balusters, square newels with carved finials, and restored handrails. On the first floor, the main chamber, now the library, boasts a particularly fine ceiling with beams plastered to form a dentil cornice, intricate strapwork details, and a central panel with a pendant. Six-panelled Jacobean doors, some restored, are found throughout the room.