The Hall

The Hall is a large house built around 1610 by John Hall, a clothier. The south front was largely rebuilt around the 19th century, although original architectural details survive within the grounds. The building presents two main facades, facing south and west. The south and west facades are constructed from ashlar stone, while the other sides are of coursed rubble. The roofs are stone-tiled.

The south elevation features two storeys and a basement plus attics, arranged in three gables. Attic windows are 3-light casements with moulded stone mullions and dripmoulds, each gable topped with a spear-head finial. The facade is divided into three units with three 2-storey bays; the central bay is square, containing a doorway and porch on the ground floor. The side bays are also square, but incorporate a semi-circular bow. Leaded casement windows with moulded stone mullions and double transoms span the full width of the facade. Elaborate strapwork parapets, heavily enriched and with spear-head finials, run above each bay and between the gables. The porch doorway has a semi-circular head with enriched imposts and a keystone carved as a grotesque creature. Fluted and reeded Roman Doric columns on deep pedestals flank the doorway, with egg and dart, floriated, and other enrichments present. Above the moulded cornice is a double scroll pediment with three fleur-de-lys finials. The spandrels and architrave soffit are adorned with carved strapwork motifs, and egg-and-dart ornament repeats around the arch extrados. The inner doorway to the porch has a square head, architrave surround, and a panelled door. The porch ceiling is plastered, featuring a central panel with four coronetted female heads, grapes, and scrollwork. Moulded strings divide the facade at window-head levels, with a heavier string at both the first floor and attic floor levels, which are carried around the side elevations. The end elevations each have two gables with attics and four windows; these are 3-light leaded casements with moulded stone mullions and double transoms. The western elevation has a central doorway with a semi-circular head, keystone, and imposts, flanked by Tuscan pilasters on deep pedestals, and a flat entablature above. All windows on the east elevation are fitted with semi-circular flush relieving arches, and there is no doorway. The rear elevation has three gables and irregular fenestration, with projecting wings extending through all storeys. These windows are casements with moulded stone mullions and dripmoulds, some 3-light, some 2-light, and some with transoms. Twin porch entrances of a later date are centrally placed on the ground floor.

The Hall is part of a group that includes terraces, walls, gatepiers, balustrades, two garden seats, and a wall surrounding the grounds.