Hall Farmhouse With Granary Attached At East End

Hall Farmhouse with attached granary is primarily a late 17th-century farmhouse, with earlier elements at the east end and a later granary. The farmhouse is constructed of squared magnesian limestone with slate and pantile roofs, and brick chimneys. It has an L-shaped layout, comprising a 3-cell main house with a rear outshut creating a double-depth plan. The earlier section at the right-hand end consists of three structural bays on the same axis, with the granary projecting at right angles to the front.

The main range is two storeys high, featuring moulded drip courses to both floors, the lower one stepped in the third bay and again over the doorway. This doorway has a chamfered surround and a rectangular lintel. Most ground-floor openings have been altered or inserted, including two 4-pane sashes and a glazed door. A blocked 2-light mullioned window is found below the dripcourse in the centre, positioned high suggesting a former stairwell. The first floor has five mullion-and-transom windows, with the first of six lights, and the remaining windows are crosswindows, all with glazing bars. A brick chimney stack is located at the left gable, and there are two ridge chimneys. The roof sweeps down from the eaves. The rear outshut includes a large crosswindow with glazing bars.

The two-storey section to the right has a glazed door at ground floor level, a 3-light Yorkshire sliding sash to the right, and a 2-light window on the first floor. A doorway, approached by stone steps rising along the re-entrant wall of the granary, is situated to the right of this. The rear of this section reveals remains of blocked brick arches on the ground floor and the remains of a doorway on the first floor.

Inside, a junction wall features a round-headed doorway with a deep, hollow-chamfered surround, leading into the earlier section. The ground floor of this section, now a kitchen, has large beams supported by moulded stone corbels. The upper floor, accessible from the exterior, showcases three kingpost roof trusses: the first with curved principals, and the other two with straight principals (possibly replacements). The second truss has curved V-struts and concave braces to the ridge. A chimney stack has been inserted between the other two trusses. The earlier part of the farmhouse may have functioned as a manorial courthouse with an undercroft; Micklefield was part of the Sherburn in Elmet manor of the Archbishops of York.