Marks Hall

Marks Hall is a manor house that dates back to the 16th century or earlier and has undergone alterations in the 18th and 19th centuries. The building features a combination of timber framing and brick, with a roof made of slates and tiles. Originally, it was a timber-framed structure consisting of a hall block, which may have been open or two-storey, aligned in a north-northwest to south-southeast direction, and two-storey crosswings at each end, with the service wing located to the south, creating a rectangular plan.

At the rear of the hall block, there is a large external chimney stack from the 16th century, which is enclosed by later extensions. The south wing was extended to the east and features an external end stack from the 17th or 18th century. In 1768, the house was described by Morant as "a good brick building," indicating that it had been encased in brick by that time.

The house underwent extensive remodeling in the early 19th century, which included a new brick casing, the addition of chimney stacks to the north and south, and a continuous gabled roof over the hall block and both crosswings, with the west pitch covered in slates and the east pitch in tiles. The rear extensions, also from the 19th century, are roofed with slates and tiles.

The building is two storeys high. The west elevation features yellow-grey brickwork with five plain giant pilasters. On the ground floor, there are four early 19th-century sash windows, a central four-panel door with a plain light above it, and a porch supported by wooden columns, along with one small 20th-century casement window on each side. The first floor has four early 19th-century sash windows with louvred shutters. Despite the extensive remodeling, the original timber structure is still visible inside, with jowled storey posts and stop-chamfered ceiling beams. Access to the roof space is not available, but the current roof likely obscures much of the original roofing above the tiebeam level. The house is situated on a moated site.