The Old Hall

SO 37 SE ADFORTON CP -

5/9 The Old Hall

11.6.59

GV II

House. Possibly C14 or C15 with C17 and later alterations. Timber- frame with rendered finish. Welsh slate roof. Sandstone rubble and brick stacks. Rectangular plan aligned roughly east/west. One storey and attic. South elevation has 1:1 windows, a small square light to left and one 3-light early C20 casement in jettied gable to right of centre. Ground floor has a 2-light early C20 casement to left and a 3- light mid-C20 casement beneath the jettied gable. Entry in mid-C20 gabled porch to east gable. Interior: has three pairs of cruck blades. One has moulded blades about 18 inches thick and chamfered arch-braces to cusped collar with cusped V-struts. Principal ground floor room has four-centred oak lintel to fireplace and deeply chamfered joists with straight-cut stops. The west wall of the same room has two rows of square timber-framing of heavy scantling. West bay has angle struts from top corner of posts. Ex-situ C17 splat balusters to staircase. The Old Hall was formerly known as Fairfield (RCHM, Vol III, p 3).

Listing NGR: SO3991971098