The Old Hall

House. The origins of The Old Hall are in the late 15th century, with substantial alterations and additions in the 17th, 18th, and 20th centuries. The structure is timber-framed, largely renewed externally in the 20th century with rendered panels, and has a steeply pitched pantiled roof with two brick gable stacks. The front is two stories and three bays, featuring a 20th-century pent roof porch above the central door, flanked by single 20th-century windows. There are two further 20th-century windows to the first floor. Only portions of the original wallplate remain visible.

The interior retains a complete two and a half bays of a former four-bay hall, along with the original timber frame and roof structure, plus a rear aisle that might be a later addition. The rafters of the eastern bay and a half are smoke blackened, indicating this section was a two-story late medieval hall with an inserted floor. Some stud partitions retain wattle and daub infill. Most of the external walls were brick-clad in the 18th century. A unique curved post, initially described as a cruck but more accurately an unusual curved post, is also present.

Alternatively, the house dates to the 16th century, and has 20th-century alterations and an addition. It is timber-framed, mostly renewed externally in the 20th century with rendered panels, and has a steeply pitched pantiled roof with two brick gable stacks. The front is two stories and three bays, featuring a 20th-century pent roof porch above the central door, flanked by single 20th-century windows. There are two further 20th-century windows to the first floor. Only portions of the original wallplate remain visible. Internally, elements of the original 16th-century three-bay plan are visible, with a wattle and daub panel in the former hall being the primary survival. A bay post appears in one corner of the modern kitchen, also visible on the first floor; this post has been identified as a cruck but its irregular form makes confirmation impossible. Three arched braces from the hall bays are visible on the first floor.