Exterior view of the bay window at the NW end of the hall.

The ribbed ceiling of the 16th c. bay addition at the high end of the hall.

The stone bay was likely imported from a dissolved monastery. There are 5 windows with 2 lights on 2 levels and a door on the E side.

The rectangular bay at the high end of the hall facing the courtyard features a tall window with a double series of 3 lights on 6 levels in front and 2 lights at each end. In addition there are 12 lights on 6 levels on the N and S sides of the bay. The window was rebuilt by Anthony Browne or his son but only the base is original now (Hope, <i>Cowdray</i> 70).

The bay at the high end of the hall in the SE corner has 2 adjacent 3-light windows on 2 levels.

The bay at the high end is 8' deep and almost square, with a 3-light window.

The high-arched oriel towards the high end on the W wall has in its windows some fragments of medieval glass from the N window and some of the original heraldic tiles from the hall floor.

The oriel originally led to a door in the thickness of the buttress connecting with a former buttery on the W wall and a now blocked doorway to the N and balcony beyond.

The 5-sided bay measures 10' 7' across and 1' 4' deep. There are 3 lights on 2 levels in each of the 5 sections. A panel of late 15th c. stained glass fragments includes the coat of arms and eagle and child crest of Thomas Stanley, Earl of Derby (d. 1504). It may have been relocated from a Hesketh chantry chapel in the medieval village chapel demolished in 1734 (<i>Rufford Old Hall</i> 13).

View of the bay alcove at the high end of the hall.