High Hall

High Hall is a large house dating back to the 16th and 17th centuries. It is constructed from ashlar and coursed squared stone, with a graduated stone slate roof. The house has three storeys and a basement, originally comprising two bays.

The front features quoins and a chamfered plinth. A central porch has a round-headed doorway with moulded impost bands that extend around the porch; the porch is gabled with shaped kneelers and moulded stone coping. The inner board door is set in a chamfered surround with a three-centred arch. The right-hand bay has a two-storey section. The ground floor features a large eight-light Great Hall window, double-chamfered and mullioned with two transoms, a hoodmould, and some 17th-century diamond panel glazing. Above this is an eight-light double-chamfered mullion window with a transom and hoodmould. The left-hand bay has a basement with a two-light chamfered mullioned window. The ground and first floors of the left bay contain six-light chamfered mullioned windows with transoms and hoodmoulds. The second floor has a six-light double-chamfered mullion window, with one light blind to the left of centre. All windows incorporate a central major mullion. Shaped kneelers, moulded stone coping, end stacks, and a ridge stack are present.

The left return side has a half-glazed door in a chamfered surround with a segmental arch. It also features eight mullioned windows, six with hoodmoulds, and a stepped three-light window to the gable. The right return side features a small porch and a square-headed, chamfered doorway with finials to the gable. The rear of the house has similar mullion and transom windows, including a series of five two-light double-chamfered mullion stair windows, stepped in design.

Inside, the Great Hall has a large stone flag floor and a substantial stone inglenook with a mantelpiece displaying a plaster coat of arms. Above the Great Hall is a drawing room of the same dimensions, with a large frieze of 16th/17th-century plasterwork running around the room. A dogleg staircase rises through the house, featuring a continuous newel and balusters similar to those on the gallery. The interior remains largely unspoiled, retaining much of its original fabric.

High Hall was built by the father of Sir William Craven, a former Lord Mayor of London.