Hall Farmhouse

Hall Farmhouse is a timber-framed farmhouse, dating back to around 1400, with alterations made in the 16th century, remodelling around 1880, and further changes in the 20th century. The structure is timber-framed with rendered infill, largely refaced in brick, and has plain tiled roofs, decorative moulded pendant finials and bargeboards at most gable ends, and brick ridge stacks. The plan is H-shaped. The central range originally comprised a four-bay hall-house, roughly aligned north/south, with a cross-passage bay at the south end. A two-bay cross-wing was added to the north end in the late 16th century, featuring a lean-to outshut with a catslide roof on its north side. A further south cross-wing was added in the late 19th century. The farmhouse has two storeys, a cellar, and an attic. The north outshut has two rows of panels from sill to wall-plate on its north side, and a collar and tie-beam truss with a V-strut above the collar is located at the west end of the north cross-wing. The main west elevation shows the central range with a ground floor single-light window with a cambered head, a gabled dormer with a plain glass window, and a half-glazed, hipped roofed brick extension with a half-glazed door. The left gable end has a 4-light ground floor casement and a first floor 2-light casement (both with cambered heads), alongside a pair of attic lights. The lean-to outshut has a first floor 2-light casement with a cambered head, and a lean-to brick porch with a glazed door. The right gable end has no openings. Inside the original section, the roof structure has been retained, including a central open truss and two chamfered collar trusses with cusped raking struts. There is no evidence of former wind-braces. Much of the interior wall-framing of the cross-wing is intact; the cross-frame features a chamfered arch-braced collar and tie-beam truss and doorway with a shaped doorhead. A large chimney was built backing onto the former cross-passage in the 17th century, and a ceiling was inserted at the same time, dividing the space into 16 compartments with chamfered beams. A detached kitchen once stood to the southwest of the building, but was demolished in the late 20th century.