Old Hall Ruins

The Old Hall Ruins are the remnants of a building constructed by the Harrington family in the late 16th to early 17th century. The hall was damaged by fire in 1811 and again in 1915. The ruins feature ashlar-faced rubble, with the external walls of the Great Hall still standing almost to full height. These walls include four 16-light flat splayed mullion and transom windows, which have lozenge-shaped decorations above them, along with fragments of the cornice. Inside, various fireplaces and a full-height archway, likely leading to a former staircase, can be found in the rear wall. There is also evidence of a former hammerbeam roof in the plasterwork and a corbel.

To the left of the Great Hall, there is a full-height stump of walling, and further left, much of the west wall remains, featuring a coped gable, a large projecting stack, and several mullion and transom windows with ovolo moulding. A large kitchen fireplace is present, along with two 4-centred arched fireplaces above it. Two cellars are also part of the ruins; one is barrel vaulted and located between the kitchen wall and the cross-passage, while the other is situated behind the rear wall of the Great Hall. After the first fire, the hall continued to be used by carpenters from the Exton estate. Architect Richard Norman Shaw created plans for its reinstatement, and photographs exist showing the hall as it once was, complete with a projecting two-storey porch, shaped gables, and a parapet at eaves level. The site is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.