Old Hall Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 November 1962. Farmhouse.

Old Hall Farmhouse

WRENN ID
swift-forge-lake
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wrexham
Country
Wales
Date first listed
16 November 1962
Type
Farmhouse
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Old Hall Farmhouse is a 2½-storey brick house with a slate roof and a brick stack located right of centre. It dates to the 17th century, with later alterations and additions, and comprises a south-facing main range and a cross wing to the right, which represents a rebuilding of the original house. A lower gabled bay has been added to the left side of the main range, imitating a cross wing and featuring a coped gable. The main range has three windows across the front, utilising cross windows in earlier segmental-headed openings. The right-hand window on the lower storey was originally a doorway, serving as the main entrance to the 17th-century house. The cross wing also has similar windows and a blocked attic window.

The left gable end features a two-light window on the lower storey and two similar windows on the upper storey. The rear elevation has a 19th-century inserted doorway with a boarded door, and a two-light window to its right. The upper storey has a two-light window on the left side, within a former blocked doorway, and an inserted casement window centrally.

The right side wall of the cross wing contains three two-light windows and a gabled porch added in 1992. The upper storey has a central casement window and a two-light window on the right side. To the further right is a slightly lower rear wing, also of brick with a slate roof. This wing has two two-light casement windows on the lower storey and two two-light and one one-light casement windows on the upper storey. At the end is a one-storey dairy and cheese room, with three two-light windows. The rear (west) side of the rear wing has two-light and one-light windows along with a gabled projection at the left end, added in 1992.

The house retains a lobby-entry plan with back-to-back fireplaces, although these details have been altered. The original 17th-century entrance is now blocked, and double-panelled doors with glazing bars (the glass removed) lead to the left into the former 17th-century hall, which contains two ovolo-moulded cross beams. The two-unit cross wing on the right of the entrance has plainer chamfered beams and chamfered joists to the rear room. Behind the fireplaces is a reset dog-leg stair with turned balusters and square newel posts. During restoration work, evidence of painting was revealed on the original trusses in the cross wing.

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