Description

WALSALL MB OLD HALL LANE (off)
SP 09 NE
Great Barr
8/83
Old Hall Farmhouse (formerly
listed under Aldridge UD)
11.08.51
GV
II
House. Probably early C17. Timber-framing and brick with tile roof.
Double-depth plan. Two storeys with attic. Jetty underbuilt with brick.
Mid-C20 leaded casements replace C18 or C19 sash windows. South-east wall
of three bays, the outer bays having jettied gables with attic windows.
Framing in square panels with diagonal bracing, except for a band of close-
studding above the former jetty. Door, in middle bay, has plain brick
reveals. Chimney, with multiple diagonal shafts, behind ridge in line
with door. Two gabled wings at rear, the southern one with wooden-mullioned.
stair window. Interior: the left-hand room is lined with C17 square panelling
with fluted frieze and has an inglenook blocked by a later fireplace. The
right-hand room has a chamfered main beam, a dragon beam, a brick inglenook
with bressumer, and an oak plank door with vertical battens.

Listing NGR: SP0565896189

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26431961

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  For the Record
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)