The Old Hall

The Old Hall is a house, now divided into two dwellings, dating to the mid-18th century, although it probably has earlier origins. It was extended in the late 18th century and altered and subdivided in the late 19th century. The house is primarily constructed of squared sandstone with herringbone-tooled quoins, topped with a slate roof and rebuilt brick stacks. A later extension is of red brick with a pantile roof and brick stacks.

The building originally comprised a three-cell, cross-passage house, with later extensions to the right and front. The front entrance has a two-storey, five-bay facade, with the end bays being single-storey and projecting forward. A door of six raised and fielded panels, within a painted raised and keyed surround, is flanked by a pedimented door hood. Sixteen-pane sash windows are set within similar surrounds to the gable ends of the projecting wings and to the first floor. There are stacks at each end and centrally to the left. To the right is a one-and-a-half storey, L-shaped extension featuring a four-panel door with an overlight beneath a flat arch and two 12-pane horizontal sliding sash windows.

The garden front presents a two-storey, four-window facade with a single-storey and attic extension to the left. A six-panel recessed door is set within a 20th-century gabled porch, above which is a 15-pane sash window. The remaining windows are 16-pane sashes with painted raised surrounds to the ground floor; the first-floor windows have painted heavy lintels, replacing earlier keyed lintels. Coped gables and shaped kneelers are present, along with end and centre-right stacks. The extension has a ground-floor window with a heavy tooled lintel and a flat dormer to the attic, incorporating a coped gable, shaped kneeler, and a centre stack. A four-pane sash sits beneath a keyed segmental arch and painted stone sill on the gable end of the extension, whilst a two-light, 12-pane horizontal-sliding sash is located on the first floor.

Inside, an open-string dog-leg staircase rises to the attic, featuring turned balusters and newels, a moulded ramped-up handrail, and shaped tread ends. A ground-floor room to the far left features panelled window recesses and shutters. The ground-floor cross-passage doors are of six recessed moulded panels. Several first-floor doors incorporate six raised and fielded panels.