Black Hall — BLACKHALL

Detached three-bay two-storey over basement house, built c. 1790. Rectangular-plan, central bay west elevation slightly recessed with Ionic porch c. 1880, now closed in, closed in porch to south (garden) elevation. Triple-pile hipped slate roof, clay ridge tiles, red brick chimneystacks, tooled stone caps, roof part hidden by ashlar parapet on tooled stone cornice. Painted smooth rendered walling, ruled-and-lined to west, tooled limestone plinth coping. Square-headed window openings, tooled stone sills, painted timber six-over-six and six-over-three sliding sash windows; windows to ground floor west elevation set in shallow round-headed recesses; tripartite window over entrance porch; round-headed window openings to east, painted timber sliding sash windows, timber spoked fanlights; wrought-iron bars to basement windows. Tooled limestone Ionic columns to west porch supporting fascia and cornice, now with square-headed painted timber and glazed double doors to centre and painted timber full-height windows with margin lights to sides, tooled stone steps; square-headed door opening to north, painted timber and glazed door with overlight; timber porch to south, lean-to slate roof, now enclosed. Set in own grounds; ranges of outbuildings to north; enclosed yard with random rubble stone multiple-bay single- and two-storey ranges, pedimented two-bay section to west with rendered bellcote, hipped and pitched slate roofs, square-headed door and window openings, some tooled stone block-and-start surrounds, some painted timber six-over-six sliding sash windows, segmental-headed carriage arches, entrance to yard form west through segmental-headed arch, painted vertically-sheeted timber paired doors; yard further north with east and west ranges of single- and two-storey outbuildings incorporating pigeonry with pigeon coups surviving internally; single-storey range further north, some outbuildings; walled garden to east, random coursed walling, tooled limestone coping, two-storey red brick tea house and potting shed to south-east side of garden; remains of tennis court to south; ruined lodge to north-west; smooth rendered wall and square gate piers to south, wrought-iron gates, fleur-de-lis finials, long curving avenue leads to house.