Hall Farmhouse And Adjoining Barns And Stables

Hall Farmhouse and associated barns and stables, dating largely to the 16th, 17th and late 18th centuries, with 20th-century alterations. The farmhouse is constructed of coursed rubble with ashlar dressings, and has an artificial stone slate roof with three coped gable stacks. The other buildings have stone slate and corrugated asbestos roofs. The farmhouse is two storeys high, with a three-window front. It has a T-plan layout. The central window is round-arched and flanked by single three-light casements with painted stone lintels. A central round-headed doorway has a painted stone surround, a four-panel door, and a fanlight. C20 three-light casements are located on either side, also with painted stone lintels. The interior includes a two-flight dogleg staircase with stick balusters, panelled window shutters, an 18th-century wooden fireplace on the ground floor, and various 18th-century panelled doors. A two-storey range to the left has two windows, the leftmost with a chamfered surround. An off-centre doorway has a likely 16th-century four-centred arch with a moulded ashlar surround. To its left is a two-light mullioned window with a chamfered surround, a small window, and then a plain doorway. Interior damage from a fire is documented. Attached to the south is a range of barns and stables, formerly used as cowsheds. A small two-storey section to the right has a square opening above which sits a continuous flight perch and three square flight holes to a former dovecote. Below this is a stable door with a wooden lintel and to its right, a single window with a chamfered surround. To the left is an irregular range, the central section rebuilt in blue lias limestone, defined by ashlar quoins. A central loft opening is flanked by small unglazed windows. A central stable door with a stone lintel is flanked by small windows. Beyond this, stable doors with massive stone lintels and quoins are on either side. Another two-window section is rendered on the left. The upper window on the right has a chamfered surround. A central doorway is flanked by pairs of unglazed 19th-century windows. To the left again is a final section, defined by ashlar quoins, with a single window to the right and a stable door with two breathers to its left below. Interior features of this section include a queen post roof of massive oak timbers supported on short struts with braces, and a partial first floor supported on massive chamfered oak beams.