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The Hall is a rare example of three eras of English domestic architecture; mediaeval, Jacobean and Georgian.
The Medieval Hall was built around 1208 although the solar wing has long since disappeared. The Jacobean Mansion was built in 1671 and in 1720 the Hopper family built the Georgian House.
The main hall was restored in the 1980s.The circular turret was an interesting late addition allowing the ancient wooden stairs to remain in place. The old stairs are now for the sole use of the White Lady,a niece of Cuthbert Billingham, who supposedly haunts the room.
The history of the people who have lived here are varied but every single family has added their mark and have in their own way cherished the site and helped to pass it through the centuries so we can all enjoy it today.
"The poetry of history lies in the almost miraculous fact that once, on this earth, once, on this familiar spot of ground, walked other men and women, swayed by their passions but now all gone, one generation vanishing after another. Gone as utterly as we shall shortly be gone, as ghosts at cockcrow."
Trevelyan.