The Hall

The Hall is a large house, likely originating in the 17th century, with significant alterations and additions spanning the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. It is now a residential home for elderly people. The building probably has earlier origins, but the main front was remodelled in the early 18th century, with a service wing added in the late 18th century, refenestration and a front porch in the early 19th century, and a rear extension in the late 19th century. A more recent entrance was added in the 20th century.

The original core is a sandstone ashlar block on a plinth, rendered to the center, with painted raised and chamfered quoins. A later range has a dressed sandstone front and coursed sandstone rubble to the rear, with tooled flush quoins. Both sections have slate roofs. The original layout was an “H” shape, with a service wing added to the right rear, and further extensions have been made to the rear.

The garden front is two storeys high, with a three-bay central range flanked by two-bay crosswings. A pedimented Doric porch, containing double doors with Gothick glazing, is centrally positioned. There are Gothick-glazed sashes to the left and right, and 12-pane sashes to the first floor. The crosswings have 12-pane sashes, with flat brick arches above the first-floor windows on the left. Stone sills and raised architraves feature on all windows, and a moulded eaves course runs beneath a modillion cornice and panelled parapet. The roof is hipped to the front of the crosswings.

The entrance front comprises a five-bay range to the left and a seven-bay service wing set forward to the right. A single-storey porch is located in the re-entrant angle, with 20th-century glazed double doors. A tall 24-pane sash window is positioned to the left of the entrance, and irregularly placed 12-pane sashes are further to the left. The front has the same eaves course and parapet as the main front. The service wing has 16-pane sashes with raised keyblock lintels throughout, a cavetto-moulded eaves course, coped gables, and shaped kneelers.

The rear features a two-storey and attic central gabled extension, flanked by similar gabled crosswings representative of the original house. Chamfered rebated architraves survive, with replacement 12-pane sashes to the crosswings. Raised keyblock lintels are visible above the windows in the service wing on the left. Ridge stacks are present on all ranges, and a bellcote is formed by paired stacks to the service wing.

Inside, a fine 19th-century stone fireplace is found in the centre room of the original house. A 17th-century staircase has survived, with early 18th-century replacement balusters and a ramped-up handrail. At the head of the staircase, three 17th-century keyed round arches of three orders, with moulded imposts and pilasters, lead to the first-floor corridors. The main corridor has raised and fielded panelling and eight-panel doors.