Listed Building: OLD HALL, NO. 5, ORCHARD STREET (1279400)

Dated 1649. Square-panelled timber framing with red brick nogging; 2 storeys and attic; 3 light C19 stone mullioned windows with cast iron lattice lights; stone plinth. Front with central 2 storey porch, the upper floor oversailing; splat balusters to open sides of porch; bressummer inscribed "NISI DEUS FRUSTRA 1684" (An adaptation of the opening lines of the psalm 'Unless the Lord build the house they labour in vain who build it'). No windows to left of porch one window each floor to right. Tile roof. Other elevations in character. An interesting house. (The house was at one time called The Cedars and is said to have been built by a Captain in Cromwell's army). (Formerly listed in the Rural District of Repton)