Beam Hall, With Number 3

Beam Hall, with Number 3, was built in two sections. The eastern part was constructed as a hall in the 15th century, and the western part around 1600. The western range was altered in the 18th century and again in 1885. The south front of the eastern range is set back approximately 3 feet from the western range and is of a lower height. The eastern range has two storeys, rubble construction, cellars and a stone slate roof with three 17th-century gabled attic dormers; the two on the east are larger than the one on the west. The eastern dormer has moulded bargeboards, and the western dormer has a 3-light casement window in a modern stone frame. The ground floor has two original 2-light stone mullioned windows with square heads, and one small window in a moulded stone frame. A 3-light stone mullioned window in a moulded frame is located on the first floor, likely inserted around 1600.

The western range is of two storeys with cellars and has four gables containing attics. The front was restored in 1885 by Sir T.G. Jackson and is now faced with cement with imitation masonry joints. A continuous moulded string runs above the ground and first floors, with a moulded cornice below the gables. The ground floor has two 3-light stone mullioned windows and two similar, larger windows with sashes, all with square moulded labels. The first floor has one 3-light window, two 2-light stone mullioned windows, and a projecting bay of three lights with sashes. The four windows in the four gables contain 3-light casements. A moulded, flat, wooden bracketed hood shelters the doorway. A stone-based stack with a modern brick shaft is on the east side, and the roof is now tiled.

The interior of the eastern section includes original roof timbers, an early 17th-century staircase, a 17th-century fireplace, and some 16th- to 17th-century panelling. A drawing of the exterior by J.C. Buckler from 1821 is held in the MS Bodl Don A 3 1 52. Major alterations occurred in 1964. Beam Hall and Numbers 3, 4A and 5 form a group with the New Block, Corpus Christi College and Oriel College. The building exhibits group value in this context.