Building record 2184 - The Old Hall

<1> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, /2/154 (Report). SCH1934.

The Old Hall, Sugar Lane. Formerly farmhouse, now house. Early C17 with addition dated 1690 and C20 alterations. Coursed squared buff sandstone rubble. Stone-slate roof, stone ridge and three stone chimneys. T-shaped in plan. Two-storey, three-bay south front. Some stone mullions under hood moulds, some C20 windows under hood moulds. Left end bay has a heavy door lintel with FES (for Francis Stevenson) 1690 carved on it. (A C20 copy taken from the original rawhead). Good rawhead is 1930 copy of the original, but some original decorated lead guttering. Interior: Timber framed partition walls. Dogleg C17 staircase. Six-panelled doors. Roof structure has two trusses of tiebeam, two diagonal struts and a collar. Two chamfered beams in main room with plain stops (1).