The Old Hall

The Old Hall is likely from the early 17th century, or potentially even earlier, and represents part of a former manor house, now used as a store. It comprises two builds and has undergone alterations. The building is constructed from magnesian limestone rubble with quoins, and has roofs covered with pantiles, supplemented with slate. It is arranged in an L-shape, with a three-unit main range running north-south and facing west (with a south-facing gable to the road), and a three-unit wing attached to the rear of the south end. Not all parts of the building are the same height, with the rear wing being lower.

The west front of the main range features a continuous dripmould, interrupted by inserted waggon doorways. A doorway is blocked in the centre, with a cambered lintel, with alterations to the ground floor. First-floor windows in the centre and right-hand bays are king-mullioned, double-chamfered, with two and two lights, while the first bay retains remnants of a similar window. The pantiled roof has ridged coping to the south gable. The south gable wall has a reduced window at first floor, and a blocked four-light attic window, both with hoodmoulds.

The south side of the rear wing has two transomed four-light windows at first floor, one in the centre and one near the right-hand end. Below the second of these, there’s a small, double-chamfered, mullioned window with two lights. Various other openings have been altered, including an inserted doorway at first floor, accessed by external steps. The east gable features a transomed four-light window at first floor. The rear (north side) of this wing has five chamfered doorways with cambered lintels; the first and fourth have been altered into windows, with a replaced lintel to the second. A similar doorway is positioned in the centre of the upper floor. The rear (east side) of the main range contains a wide doorway of similar design, and a projection that may have served as an external chimney. The present north end of the main range, which originally extended further in that direction, incorporates a large 17th-century segmental-arched, chamfered fireplace and a cambered doorway to its left, both set within an exceptionally large segmental arch with a chamfered surround – seemingly the remains of a medieval fireplace. Above the centre of this arch is a small rectangular chamber fireplace.

The interior has been altered, but retains large, high-quality, chamfered beams.