Low Hall

Low Hall is a house that dates back to the late medieval period, which was later recast and cased in brick in the late 18th century. It features a timber frame with red brick in English garden wall bond on the front and side elevations, while the rear wall is made of coursed oolitic limestone rubble. The house has a pantiled roof and is now two storeys high with five bays, arranged in a 1:1:3 pattern, and includes a rear outshut under a catslide roof that represents a former aisle. There is also a late 18th-century rear wing.

The building has a lobby-entry plan, with a 20th-century glazed door flanked on both sides by 20-pane sash windows. The fourth bay features a 16-pane sash window, while the fifth bay has a 20-pane sash window. All windows are boxed under flat gauged brick arches. On the first floor, there are four 20-pane sash windows. A wall plate is visible at the eaves level from the second to the fifth bay, showing a simple scarf joint at the fourth bay. The ends of the common rafters can be seen trenched into the plate.

Inside, extensive timber framing appears to survive, although it is mostly cased or papered, except for the front wall, which has been completely rebuilt in brick in the 18th century. The principal rooms feature heavy chamfered primary joists. A single rear wall post, which is not jowled, is visible at the first-floor level in the fifth bay. The common rafter roof is reportedly intact but was inaccessible during the last survey. The side walls of the late 18th-century rear wing are ingeniously supported over the rear aisle by round-headed arches on brick piers. The house is surrounded by a large and well-preserved moat, making it an exceedingly rare and well-preserved example of its type in this area.