Hall Cottages

Hall Cottages is a house that was part of a barn, dating from the mid to late 14th century and the 18th century. It is constructed with a timber frame and black weatherboarding, topped with plain tile roofs and features a large 20th-century red-brick chimney.

The building is a single storey with an attic and includes a two-storey cross-wing to the north. The gabled and jettied cross-wing displays two original jetty brackets and has a two-light small-paned horizontal-sliding casement window on the first floor, along with two six-pane windows on the ground floor. The lower range has one hipped dormer with a 12-pane horizontal-sliding casement window and two similar windows on the first floor. The ground floor features one small-paned horizontal-sliding casement window, one six-pane window, and a plain door. The north side of the cross-wing has one similar window on the ground floor.

At the rear of the cross-wing, there is a hipped roof with a gablet and a large exposed 20th-century red-brick chimney. The first floor has two horizontal-sliding casement windows like those at the front, and a similar window below. The rear of the lower range has three hipped dormers matching the front, and the ground floor includes a door, four horizontally proportioned small-paned horizontal-sliding casement windows, and a small window. The south end gable features a two-light small-paned horizontal-sliding casement window and a door.

Inside, the cross-wing from the mid to late 14th century has a crown-post roof with substantial longitudinal braces. It was originally a parlour or solar with a door at the rear of the hall partition and center-tenoned floor joists. Originally, there was one room on each floor, and the central chamfered and cambered tie beam has one surviving heavy brace. There is also one curved wall brace and evidence of original windows. The floor was raised due to decay of the lower parts but remains in its relocated position. The lower block appears to be a former barn from the 18th century, featuring three bays of good quality framing with a central uncut tie beam and hanging knees.