St Jacob'S Hall

St. Jacob's Hall is a farmhouse that dates mainly from the 15th and 16th centuries, with significant later alterations. It features a timber frame and plastered exterior under a pantiled roof, standing two storeys high with an attic. The building has four windows, which are 18th and 19th century mullion and transom casements. There are two 19th century doorways; the one on the right is adorned with fluted pilasters, enriched capitals featuring a flower motif, and a pediment with a roundel depicting an animal. The left doorway is similar but has plain pilasters and lions' heads as decorative elements. Both doorways lead to six-panel doors.

Internally, there is an internal stack and a gable stack to the right, both topped with 19th century dentilled caps. Part of the rear wall reveals medieval framing, with two secondary mullioned windows; the eaves were raised at a later date. To the left, there are two bays of a former cross-wing that originally extended further back. This section displays heavy framing with reversed bracing on the rear wall, cranked braces on the tie beams, and indications of a diamond-mullioned window, suggesting that the cross-wing predates the adjoining medieval range.

Inside, the hall features a mutilated embattled bridging beam, and the fireplace lintel at the service end is inscribed with 'N. JACOB'. The parlour chamber retains small remnants of an ornamental plaster ceiling dating to around 1600 and has complete oak panelling, likely from the 19th century. There is also some reused 17th century panelling in the hall chamber. The roof appears to have been renewed, possibly in the late 18th century. A fireplace that once separated the hall and parlour was removed in the 19th century and replaced by a staircase.