The Old Hall

The Old Hall is a house dating from the early 17th century, situated in Hornsea, on the east side of Market Place. It is constructed of red brick on cobble footings, with a plain tile roof. The building comprises a central range leading to projecting cross wings, with a lower wing to the left and a late 19th-century glasshouse to the right.

The main range is two storeys and attics, with three bays. The lower wing to the left is two storeys high with two bays. A stepped brick plinth is present, with quarter-round moulded plinth to the side wall of the right cross-wing. The main range features a central four-panel door under an elliptical head, topped with a canopy on scrolled brackets bearing a heart motif. This is flanked by cross-mullion windows with leaded lights and sills set within segmental gauged brick heads. The cross-wings have early 20th-century square bays, each containing two cross-mullion windows with leaded lights, sills, and segmental gauged brick heads, and a low, ramped, coped parapet. Above the door is an elliptical-headed niche with imposts, a projecting keyblock, and apron, containing a statue of an Amazon. The first floor also has cross-mullion windows with leaded lights, sills, and segmental gauged brick arches, and a band to the right cross-wing. The attic storey has two similar windows and one casement to each cross-wing. A dentilled brick eaves cornice runs along the hall range, while the cross-wings have shaped gables with iron ties. Axial stacks are present. The lower wing to the right has casements with leaded lights throughout, all with sills within segmental gauged brick heads. It also has a first-floor band, a dentilled brick eaves cornice, an end stack, and a shaped gable.

Inside, several original features remain, including the hall fireplace with a rubbed brick elliptical arch decorated with a wave-moulded chamfer. The room within the right cross-wing’s ground floor has bolection-moulded panelling and a fireplace featuring a pilastered overmantel. Numerous 17th and 18th century doors are also present. A cupboard in the hall has a three-panel bolection moulded door on its original hinges, closely resembling the pantry door at the White House, Southgate, within the same parish.