The Old Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1960. Farmhouse.
The Old Hall
- WRENN ID
- burning-paling-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1960
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- The Old Hall, Moreton Street, Prees
- OS grid reference
- SJ 556 335
- Coordinates
- 52.8976, -2.6605
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Hall is a farmhouse that has been converted into a house. It dates from the early 17th century and was partly remodeled around 1762, with later additions and alterations. The building features a timber frame, which is now rendered on the left gable end and replaced by red brick on the front. It has plain and machine tile roofs and is designed in an L-shape, with a short range to the rear on the left and a lean-to in the angle.
The structure is two storeys high and has a former gable-lit attic, characterized by a floor band and a dentilled eaves cornice on the front. The front has two windows, which are three-light late 19th-century casements with segmental heads. The entrance is located in the left gable end and consists of a four-panel door with a rectangular barred overlight, set in a bracketed open-pedimented doorcase. Above the door is a contemporary round-headed window.
A prominent red brick stack is situated immediately in front of the ridge to the right of the center, featuring recessed panels and a corbelled top. This stack is said to have formerly displayed the initials "TB" and the date "1762". The framing is exposed on the right gable end and the back wall, showing close-set vertical posts with long straight tension braces, V-struts from the collar, and double-purlin ends. The positions of infilled mullion windows are visible above the tie beam and on the back wall. The interior could not be inspected at the time of the resurvey in January 1986, but it is noted to have been much altered on the ground floor.
Local climate
The Old Hall receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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