The Old Hall

The Old Hall, on Kirkgate, is a three-storey building, likely dating from around 1690, although elements suggest a possible 18th-century origin. The ground floor front has been converted into shops, but the upper floors retain a handsome and uncommon elevation. The first floor has five windows across its width; the central window slightly projects and has a semi-circular moulded head and jambs. The other four windows have architraves and pediments, two triangular and two segmental. These windows originally had cross transom mullions dividing them into four lights each, but these have been replaced with sash frames. The second floor also has five windows, with the central one corbelled out in oriel fashion to form a bay of eight lights divided by mullions and one transom. The two side windows remain original, with moulded jambs and heads, retaining cross transom mullions dividing each window into four lights. A well-moulded eaves cornice runs along the building, topped with a plain parapet, but the parapet above the central oriel window is a balustrade. The balustrade and the mullions and transom of the central oriel window appear to be renewed in wood. The rear windows are similar in character to those at the front. The building is constructed of millstone grit and has a stone slate roof, with two stone stacks at the gable end. It is part of a group with Nos 11 to 25 (odd).