The Old Hall

The Old Hall is a small country house built around 1600, with later additions from about 1700 and the early 19th century. It is constructed from dressed and coursed limestone rubble, featuring ashlar dressings. The roof is hipped and covered with pantiles, with a central ridge and rear gable stacks. The building has raised quoins, a moulded plinth, and moulded lintel bands at both the ground and first floors, along with a moulded cornice that includes downpipe holders.

The south entrance front is two storeys high and has five bays. It features a central doorway with a bolection moulded surround, topped by a large broken segment pediment that displays the Beresford coat of arms supported by putti. The entrance includes a six-panel part-glazed door, flanked by two glazing bar sash windows on each side. Above, there are five glazing bar sashes, with the upper and lower windows connected by plain raised panels.

The west front consists of five narrower bays, each with five glazing bar sashes on both floors, also linked by plain raised panels. The east front has four bays, with four glazing bar sashes on each floor, similarly linked by plain raised panels, except for the third bay, which contains an early 19th-century doorway with a four-panel door and overlight, surrounded by an ashlar pilaster porch with an entablature hood. All windows feature moulded and raised ashlar surrounds.

Inside, the hall boasts a close string newel staircase with urn finials, and the ground floor rooms are adorned with bolection moulded panelling and broken pediments over the doors. The first floor includes two stone architrave chimney surrounds and oak panelling in one of the bedrooms.