Banqueting Hall Adjoining East Side Of Gatehouse

The Banqueting Hall, located on the east side of the Gatehouse, dates from the early 17th century and features later rebuilding on the upper part of its south side. It is constructed of dark pink brick with magnesian limestone dressings around the original openings and has a swept pantile roof. The building is two storeys high and consists of eight bays.

The north front is partly obscured by later structures, but visible features include a 4-centred doorway, a blocked single cusped light, a flat-arched window under a drip mould, and several other blocked windows. Each bay is defined by buttresses with set-offs that rise through one and a half storeys. The first floor has similar blocked windows in each bay. The rear (south) side has a blind ground floor with later openings in the first and seventh bays, and a cart entrance in the fourth bay. The ground floor projects slightly and features a moulded brick and magnesian limestone band at the first-floor level.

The first floor has blocked original windows under a continuous drip mould, with iron glazing bars in the fourth and fifth bays. The roof pitch has been made less steep, and the interior, originally floored, is now open to the roof. There is a blocked first-floor doorway at the west end and a fireplace at the southeast corner. The roof structure includes an arch brace collar and tie beam with two levels of purlins.