Barden Old Hall

The building probably dates from the early 15th century, when the Eglescliff family replaced an earlier house on the same site.

[1][2][3] The two-storey house is built of rubble with ashlar quoins, and has a stone slate roof.

It consists of a hall, now divided into smaller rooms; with a surviving cross-wing to the south, which originally contained the great chamber.

The south front has two bays, and a central doorway with an initialled lintel, dated 1831.

In the hall range are two blocked doorways which originally led to the screens passage, one with a four-centred arch and a hollow chamfered arris.