The Old Hall

The Old Hall is a house, now a ruin, dating from the early 17th century. It is constructed from coursed sandstone rubble with ashlar details. The remains at the south-east corner include a two and a half storey gable wall with one projecting wing. The ground and first floor windows are 3-light mullion and transom windows, featuring a pulvinated frieze and pediment, with a triangular shape on the ground floor and a broken segmental shape on the first floor. The lower part of the architrave is still visible in the gable. To the left, there is a shaped kneeler, and a single stone from a moulded eaves cornice can be found on the left return below. The left return also has a massive stack with five stages, along with the remains of ground and first floor fireplaces on the inner face. The house was almost complete, though roofless, in the early 20th century. A detailed description can be found in the Victoria County History for North Riding, volume 1.