The Old Hall

The Old Hall is a house that may date back to the 14th or 15th century, with alterations from the 17th century and later. It features a timber frame with a rendered finish and a Welsh slate roof, along with sandstone rubble and brick stacks. The building has a rectangular plan oriented roughly east to west and consists of one storey and an attic.

On the south elevation, there are windows arranged in a 1:1 pattern, a small square light to the left, and a three-light early 20th-century casement window in the jettied gable to the right of centre. The ground floor includes a two-light early 20th-century casement window to the left and a three-light mid-20th-century casement window beneath the jettied gable. Access is through a mid-20th-century gabled porch on the east gable.

Inside, the building features three pairs of cruck blades, one of which has moulded blades approximately 18 inches thick, with chamfered arch-braces supporting a cusped collar and cusped V-struts. The principal room on the ground floor has a four-centred oak lintel over the fireplace and deeply chamfered joists with straight-cut stops. The west wall of this room displays two rows of square timber-framing made of heavy scantling, and the west bay has angle struts extending from the top corners of the posts. The staircase includes ex-situ 17th-century splat balusters. The Old Hall was previously known as Fairfield.