Battel Hall

Battel Hall is a hall dating back to the second quarter of the 14th century, with alterations in the 17th century and later, and restored in the mid-20th century. It is constructed of roughly coursed galletted ragstone with stone quoins and dressings. The left side and front gable end of the right wing are stuccoed on the ground floor and weatherboarded above, with a plain tile roof.

The hall is situated at a right angle to the road, featuring a solar and a defensible undercroft to its left (towards the road), with a garderobe wing projecting to the front. A 17th-century wing incorporates a 14th-century core, projecting to the front on the right end. The building is two storeys high with hipped roofs. Three brick stacks are visible: one ridge stack towards the left end, another towards the centre, and one on the front slope of the roof at the junction with the right wing. The left wing has a brick ridge stack at the top of its hip, and the right wing has a stack in the right slope of its roof. The fenestration is irregular, including a C19 Gothic window with brick voussoirs to the left end of the left wing, and two twelve-pane sash windows in open boxes to the right side of the left wing.

The main range features two full-height 15th-century hall windows with moulded stone jambs and square-topped hoodmoulds with plain label-stops. The central portion of these is now blocked; the first floor of each has a two-light wood casement, and the ground floor retains restored 15th-century cinquefoiled lights, all with leaded panes. The right wing has two sixteen-pane glazing bar sashes, one to the left side elevation and one to the gable end. A two-centred arched moulded stone doorway is located at the right end of the main range.

The left side elevation (facing the road) features three Medieval stone windows on the first floor: one rectangular with a slightly coved architrave, partially blocked; one round-headed with hollow spandrels in a rectangular opening; and one probably restored narrow rectangular light. A three-centred arched doorway with hollow chamfer and broach stops is evident where the wing joins the main range.

The rear elevation includes a doorway with a portcullis groove and a smaller door to the right; it is said that this was associated with a stair turret linking the solar and the undercroft. There is a variety of Medieval and C19 windows.

Inside, a large laver stands out, featuring a cusped, crocketted ogee arch with heads to the label stops, slender shafts, and a battlemented double-barrelled cistern with lion's head spouts. This is described as being "unique in England." Stone-seated windows are also present. A Dominican reredos panel from the early 14th century, possibly originating from Dartford, is incorporated into the interior. The interior has only been partly inspected.

The hall is not believed to be connected to either the Priory or the Castle.