Hall Court

Hall Court is a house dating from the early 17th century, incorporating materials from the 16th century. It features a timber-frame structure with plaster infill and tiled roofs, supported by three stacks, each with engaged brick diagonal shafts. The building is arranged in a U-shape, with a five-bay main front facing east and two-bay cross-wings extending to the west. It has a cellar, two storeys, and attics.

The east elevation showcases a pattern of 2:1:2:1:2 windows, which are late 19th to early 20th century cross-casements. The ground floor displays close-studding, likely re-used, while the first floor features square panelling. An early 17th-century porch with enriched posts, bargeboards, and a pendant leads to double-leaved ledged studded doors with strap hinges, located in the second bay from the left.

On the west elevation, a central rubble side stack is surrounded by an early 19th-century lean-to featuring a horizontal sliding sash. A 20th-century lean-to obscures the lower part of the left gable. Both gables are square panelled from the first floor upwards, similar to the east front, and have weatherings for the gable casements. The first floor includes two 17th-century casements: one with three lights to the left of the central stack and another with two lights on the inner side return of the right wing.

Inside, the cellar contains re-used 16th-century moulded beams, and the heavy collar-trusses are supported by vertical struts from the tie-beam. The main staircase is located in the south wing near its junction with the main range. Panelling, fireplaces, and partitions in the south-east first and ground-floor rooms have survived in their noted forms. Hall Court is a large, symmetrically planned house that retains many significant architectural features.