Description

TL 96 SE ELMSWELL SCHOOL ROAD

5/34 Elmswell Hall
15.11.54 (formerly listed as The
Hall, Hall Lane)

-- II

Farmhouse, formerly manor house. Circa 1550-80 with major remodelling of
early C19, and mid C20. Timber-framed, encased in early C19 gault brick with
dentilled eaves cornice; some earlier plasterwork at rear. Concrete tiled
hipped roof. Two external C16/C17 chimneys of orange/buff brick and an
internal chimney of gault brick rebuilt in C20. 2 storeys. 3 windows. Early
C19 window openings with flat arches of painted finely-gauged brick: mid C20
aluminium casements. C19 entrance doorway with C20 half-glazed panelled door:
an open pediment of painted limestone on enriched console brackets: probably
reset from an C18 building. Interior: a late C16 crosswing of about 4 bays to
left has partially exposed framing: heavy principal posts and cambered
tiebeams. Close studding with evidence for ogee-moulded and 4-centred arched
doorways. Windbraced clasped purlin roof. To rear right is further C16 work,
much altered. A little C17 wainscotting. A partially infilled medieval moat.

Listing NGR: TL9841664278

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26283883

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Recommended Books

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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)