Walcot Old Hall

This is a mid-17th century house with later alterations and a restoration around 1980. It is constructed of red brick in English bond to the front, with rendered brick mullion windows. The roof is tiled with pantiles. The house has a roughly square, double-depth plan, comprising a two-room central entrance hall fronted by a projecting porch, and a slightly narrower rear section with two rooms and a stair hall. The architectural style is Artisan Mannerist.

The house is two storeys high with an attic, and has three bays arranged symmetrically. It has a plinth with a three-course chamfered brick band. A pedimented, full-height porch is positioned centrally, with a stone step leading to a recessed round-headed doorway within a square-headed reveal. The doorway is flanked by pilasters with moulded bases that support a flat, rubbed brick arch and a plastered, moulded brick pediment. A recessed, part-glazed panelled door is set within a keyed architrave. The bays projecting forward on either side feature three-light chamfered mullion windows with transoms, set in chamfered reveals beneath flat arches and moulded brick pediments. A three-course brick band connects the bays on the first floor. Similar windows are present on the first floor. The windows on the left have C19 wooden frames and glazing bars; the remainder have leaded lights dating from around 1980. A brick eaves cornice with modillions and dentils runs along the sides of the porch and between the bays; two-course brick cornice bands are present on the side bays. The porch’s corbels, capped and supported on three moulded brackets, are linked by a similar band. A plain brick-coped, open-pedimented gable sits above the porch. The roof is double-span, with stone-coped gables. A massive mid-roof stack is located on the left side, and a lateral stack is on the rear right. The left and right returns feature a plinth, first and second-floor brick bands, projecting window bays, and chamfered mullioned windows similar to the front. The right return has two-light windows to the rear section, including three cross-mullioned stair windows. Later attic casements are found in the gables, with one on the left return featuring leaded lights. A four-centred arch at the rear entrance leads to an original panelled and studded oak door.

Inside, basket-arch chamfered brick fireplaces are found in the front rooms. A wooden screen, placed between the ground floor left and the entrance hall, features a pair of round-headed panels in keyed architraves with moulded imposts and a moulded cornice above; markings suggest former pilasters and strapwork frieze. A wide chamfered basket-arched fireplace and ovolo-moulded ceiling beams are present in the rear left room. The original, closed string staircase has a C19 balustrade. The roof structure includes curved brackets to the collars and clasped and butt purlins, with housings for former through purlins.