The Hall

The Hall is a house that dates from the 17th and 18th centuries, with earlier origins and later alterations. It is constructed of brick, dressed sandstone, and squared sandstone rubble, topped with a hipped Welsh slate roof and brick stacks. The building has a roughly rectangular plan, with the main facade facing south. It features a cellar and three storeys.

The south elevation displays a symmetrical arrangement of windows in a 2:3:2 pattern, featuring glazing bar sashes set beneath gauged brick heads. The centre is advanced and pedimented, with a wooden eaves cornice. The corners and the corners of the advanced centre are marked by quoins. The central entry, likely from the early 20th century, has a glazed door with a bracketed stone canopy above, flanked by volutes and a six-pane window. A balustrade is positioned in front of this elevation.

The west elevation includes a balustraded porch, probably from the late 19th century, supported by four 19th-century Ruscan columns. This porch houses an 18th-century eight-panelled door with sidelights and a wide fanlight. Above the porch, two thin stone pilasters extend to the eaves. The north elevation features a squared sandstone rubble centre with two tall round-headed windows.

Inside, there are ex-situ 19th-century doors and a mid-19th-century main staircase with turned balusters. At the rear, there is a four-flight open-well newel staircase in oak, dating from around 1665, also with turned balusters. One principal room on the south side boasts a fine modillioned 18th-century plaster cornice and a contemporary marble fireplace. The Hall is the residence of the descendants of Sir Robert Harley, the First Earl of Oxford, whose monument is located in the Church of St Barnabas.