Birley Old Hall

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Birley Old Hall is a small country house in the Birley Edge area of Sheffield, England. It sits on Edge Lane, about 6 kilometers northwest of the city centre, at roughly 200 meters above sea level. The hall and The Falconry garden pavilion are both Grade II listed.

Two building phases
- The original east wing was built in the Late Middle Ages and was known as Byrlay Edge. It has an oak cruck frame with a exterior of squared stone. Part of the cruck frame can still be seen on the Edge Lane side.
- In 1705, J. Carr added a new south-facing wing at right angles to the original. This extension is described as having restrained elegance and included the garden gazebo called The Falconry.

Later changes
- In the late 18th and mid-19th centuries, the hall was altered and a two-storey addition was added to the original wing.
- It was briefly used as a youth hostel in the 1940s.
- After World War II, Sheffield City Council bought the hall. In 1959 the council leased it to the steel firm Daniel Doncaster and Sons as offices, and the hall was restored.
- The area around the hall lost much of its rural isolation in the 1960s when a housing estate was built to the south.
- In the early 1980s the hall returned to private use and was fully restored as a home again.

Interior and features
- Inside there are large fireplaces dating from the 1600s and exposed original stonework in a lounge and larger bedrooms.
- The hall is built from locally quarried squared stone and is L-shaped. The 1705 wing has a datestone above the main door reading JC 1705 and DD 1959.
- The roofs are a mix of gabled and hipped. Windows include mullioned, sash and casement styles.
- The Falconry, the early-18th-century garden pavilion, is built of squared dressed stone with ashlar dressings.