When Stoke-on-Trent brought the Hall in 1946 for £1,100 the interesting exterior timbers were covered with stucco and the building was in a poor state of repair; it had been plagued by floodwaters from the nearby stream. At a cost of £18,000 a culvert was built to prevent further flooding and £9,000 spent on restoring the building to its former glory. The Hall was finally opened as a museum in 1952.

This beautiful building contains a wealth of fine and rare period exhibits that reflect the craftsman's skills and domestic necessities of our predecessors. There are joiners' marks carved on the beams. In one of the bedrooms you will find witchcraft signs inlaid in the original panelling, intended to ward off evil spirits. In the headboard of one of the fourposter beds there is a secret safe concealed in the mass of carving, an ingenious place in which to hide valuables. There are original tapestries, original glass in the windows, a Welsh dresser over 300 years old, a scold's bridle for punishing chatty women, cradles, clocks, chains, tables, and a multitude of very well preserved exhibits displayed in this fine late Tudor house......"