Graisley Old Hall

Graiseley Old Hall is a late 15th-century house, with significant alterations in the 18th century and later additions. Now empty and part of a school complex in the 20th century, it is constructed of brick with some plaster and an internal timber-framed structure, and has tiled roofs and brick stacks. The house is arranged in an L-shape, with a later rear wing to the right. The two-storey front has a two-window range to the left of the gable, and a three-window return range. It has mostly segmental-headed windows with two- or three-light casements, some with Tudor-headed lights or iron opening casements. A blocked entrance is visible to the left of a ground-floor three-light window. A French window is recessed to the left, connecting to Graisley Old Cottage. The gable has a plastered first floor and two-light windows. A large ridge stack is located to the rear, and a stack to the left of the gable. The return range features a single light to the ground floor, two two-light windows, and one with leaded glazing to the first floor. The porch has a hipped roof, a three-light window, and a heavy plank door within a canted angle. The rear wing is higher and has irregular fenestration with two-light windows, and one light with decorative glazing to the ground floor, with a stack marking a change in roof level. A gabled wing to the rear continues with a parallel range to the right, connecting to Graisley Old Cottage, and has a cross-axial stack.

The interior reveals timber-framed cross walls and a 19th-century staircase with chamfered balusters. A room to the right contains a panelled screen wall with turned balusters leading to the hall, stop-chamfered beams and joists, and a timber-framed wall showing remains of 16th-century painted decoration and a panel of wattle-and-daub. A room to the left has richly moulded beams and joists to a panelled ceiling, a large fireplace with a bressummer and fire hood, and a Tudor-headed entrance and exposed wattle-and-daub on the rear wall. Another rear room displays a moulded beam with stop chamfers and an Adam-style fireplace with contemporary Dutch tiles; a similar fireplace exists in another rear room. Wide-boarded doors with H-L hinges are found on both floors. Graiseley Old Hall is one of the oldest buildings in the borough and retains numerous 15th- and 16th-century features.