As you enter the first court, you will see the ancestral room decorated with Hsiao ancestral portraits on its four walls and an armchair with a curved back placed for the convenience of senior members of the family. Gates in the center and both sides of the hall open the way to other parts of the house.
古厝的第一落是門廳，中央與兩側都有出入口，雖然外觀已於日據時代改為西式，但廳堂內仍置放著中國的太師椅。四壁牆上則掛著蕭家祖先的畫像。