The Old Hall And Attached Garden Wall To Front

This is a lesser gentry hall-house, now a house, dating to the later 17th century with subsequent alterations, and undergoing restoration at the time of survey in 1987. It is constructed of coursed squared sandstone with a stone slate roof. The building has a T-shaped plan, comprising a two-unit front range with a single-unit rear wing.

The south front presents a symmetrical twin-gabled facade with 2½ storeys and five first-floor windows. It features a chamfered plinth and dripbands at two levels. A central doorway has been inserted, with a three-light overlight. Three-light double-chamfered mullioned windows are present on all floors, largely with geometrical leaded glazing, although many mullions and surrounds have been renewed. All four ground-floor windows are transomed with lowered sills, and the lower lights are plain. Each gable has a hoodmould around an attic window, constructed of renewed masonry. Ridged gable and parapet copings are currently being renewed. External chimney stacks are present on both gable walls. A single-light window appears forward of the left-hand stack, while the right-hand gable wall has a cross-window at ground floor and a two-light window above, both also forward of the stack. The rear wall on this side contains a Tudor-arched doorway (formerly the main entrance) and a three-light window above.

The east side of the rear wing has a similar Tudor-arched doorway near the rear corner, a transomed three-light window to its left, three two-light windows on the first floor, and an attic gable with a two-light window (with renewed masonry). The west side of the wing has an unusual squint window in the angle with the front range, a cross-window and a six-light window at ground floor, with corresponding windows above of two and three lights respectively. All these windows have leaded glazing.

An attached garden wall, constructed of large blocks with rounded coping, encloses a rectangular garden approximately 15 metres wide and 10 metres deep, with a gateway aligned with the front door.

The interior parlour (to the left) features muntin-and-rail panelling and a Tudor-arched fireplace with fluted pilasters and a Renaissance-style overmantel. The housebody (to the right), now partly partitioned to create an entrance passage, also has a Tudor-arched fireplace and a large chamfered spine beam. The kitchen in the rear wing has a particularly fine arched stone fireplace approximately 3 metres wide, with a chamfered surround and a Tudor-arched doorway to a lobby entrance to the right. A fine, full-height dog-legged staircase has square newels with ball finials and turned balusters. A chamber above the housebody (now partitioned) contains moulded plastered beams. The attic space contains five collar trusses with knee braces to the collars, and angle struts.