Edial Hall

Edial Hall is a farmhouse dating from the early 18th century, with some alterations made in the 20th century. It is constructed of red brick and has a tiled roof, featuring an end stack to the right that is now roofed over. The building has two storeys and a dormer-lit attic, with a front that originally had four windows but now has three. There is a raised band at the first-floor level. The roof includes three hipped dormers above three 20th-century casement windows, with the two outer dormers set in 18th-century openings that have gauged brick heads; the left and centre openings are blocked. The ground floor has large 20th-century windows with concrete lintels, and there are "reproduction" 20th-century entrances to the left and right of centre, each featuring fanlights and pedimented hoods, along with six-panel doors. Notably, Edial Hall was the residence of Dr. Samuel Johnson from 1736 to 1737, where he taught and began writing the tragedy 'Irene'.