The Old Hall

The Old Hall is a house dating from the 16th century, with an early 18th-century addition and mid-19th-century alterations. It is constructed of squared limestone rubble, possibly reused from Kirkstead Abbey, and red brick in English bond. The building features a single large ridge and gable brick stacks and has an old plain tiled roof with brick coped gables. The layout is L-shaped with a lobby entry. The left section of the house is an early 18th-century parlour block addition.

The front of the house is two storeys high and has two bays. It features a central half-glazed door with a wooden pilastered surround and carved brackets that support a narrow lead hood. There are two glazing bar sash windows to the left and one to the right of the door, with two similar windows on the first floor. The side front of the parlour block has two glazing bar sashes on each floor, constructed in small red bricks in English bond, with a plinth topped with greenstone.

A side door, dating from around 1840, is half-glazed and set in panelled reveals with a pilastered door surround. Scrolled brackets support a leaded hood over the door, and to the right is a semi-circular headed bordered light. On the first floor, there is a glazing bar sash window, and in the gable, a two-light casement window is present, along with a reset piece of medieval carving.

Inside, the front block features an early 18th-century moulded plaster cornice. There is an early 19th-century staircase with slender turned balusters and a carved string. The interior also includes chamfered and stopped beams and a fireplace bressummer, along with early 18th-century internal doors. The roof is an oak pegged 16th-century butt purlin roof with chamfered and stopped principals.

Historically, Mr. Daniel Disney, who was married to Catherine Fiennes of the Clinton family, Earls of Lincoln, lived here around 1680. Dr. John Taylor resided here from 1715 to 1733 and published "The Common Rights of Christians."