Black Hall

Black Hall is a two-storey brick building, constructed in the 19th century, featuring slate roofs and laid in lime putty to Flemish bond. The main range extends from northeast to southwest, with rear wings at the center and northeast end that lead to a later parallel range, creating a reentrant garden on the southwest side that connects to the service yard. The main range is five bays long and symmetrical, with the center bay set forward and featuring an added porch from the mid to late 19th century. This porch has a central six-panelled door flanked by paired brick pilasters, a stone cornice, and stone ball finials raised on blocks. Above the door, there is a round-headed window. The two bays on either side of the center bay have 19th-century four-pane windows set in openings with rubbed flat brick arches. The building has boxed eaves and brick stacks located centrally and externally at each gable end. The eastern gable end is painted and includes a tripartite door beneath a three-centred brick arch with a keystone. The building was not accessible at the time of inspection in February 1996.