The Hall

The Hall is a large house, originally dating to 1599, with substantial alterations and additions in the early 19th century. The front facade is smooth, with quoins marking the entrance front, and has slate roofs and two groups of tall, elaborate brick chimneys. It is three storeys high with three windows, and features three gables with scalloped bargeboards and finials; the windows do not align with the gable apexes. The windows are three-light, mullioned and transomed, with fretted metal casements and hoodmoulds above. A central entrance doorway is sheltered by a Gothic wooden porch. Above the entrance is a beam bearing the inscription “CHM” and the date “1599”. To the right is a castellated gateway leading to the garden. The right-hand elevation contains modern glazing, while the left-hand elevation features a square window to the second floor, a broad-proportioned window to the first floor, and a projecting rectangular bay to the ground floor – all with modern glazing. The rear includes a two-storey wing, with its street elevation faced in Llanfyllin brick. This wing has two windows to the first floor, with voussoir lintels and casement glazing, and a doorway with a pedimented doorcase and a square casement window to the right, both also with voussoir lintels and casement glazing, on the ground floor. To the left is a square-headed doorway with a simple boarded door and a small window to the right, both with voussoir lintels. A rendered gable end has a projecting chimney in yellow brick. To the left of this wing is a garden wall with a flattened arched gateway. The garden side features a timber-framed wall extended upwards in smaller timberwork, with an entrance doorway having a high flattened Tudor arch.

The central entrance hall has wood panelling. Rooms to each side are characteristic of the early 19th century. The kitchen, which was formerly the hall, retains stop-chamfered beams and joists, and an exposed large square-panelled wall to the northeast. A recess by the chimney contains old panelling with chamfered styles. A C16 staircase bay to the northeast was partially filled in around 1832. The property includes a cellar with a cobbled floor, stop-chamfered beams, and a further brick-vaulted cellar. Rooms on the first and second floors of the front block also reflect the early 19th century. The rear of the house shows exposed C16 timber framing above the hall, with beams supported by moulded timber brackets carved with detail, similar to those at Gwyndy and the Old White Lion. Three C16 roof trusses are visible, one having raking struts above the collar.

The Hall contributes to the group value of listed buildings in Vine Square.