Description

TL 57 SE WICKEN CHURCH ROAD
(South Side)

8/83 Wicken Hall
1.12.51 (formerly listed
as Hall Farmhouse)

GV
II

House, late C16 or early Cl7 with west gable end wall probably
surviving from earlier building on the site. In c.1760 the
facade was remodelled and gable ends partly rebuilt. Timber-
framed, plaster rendered on a clunch sill. The west gable end
is of narrow red brick, part English bond on a high sill of
clunch with one corner block with a masonry joint. The upper
courses of this wall were rebuilt in c.1760 in yellow gault
brick. The roof is steeply pitched, plain tiled with c.1760
gable end parapets on kneelers. The two principal chimney
stacks date from the late C16 or early C17, although they have
been rebuilt. The original house is of L-plan with a stair
turret in the angle. Two storeys and attic. One gabled
dormer. Range of three hung sashes, each of twelve panes. Two
similar windows, but of sixteen panes on either side of c.l760
pedimented doorway with doorcase of fluted pilasters and Doric
frieze. Semi-circular headed fanlight with radial and swagged
glazing bars above a panelled door. Inside there is a large
inglenook in the former hall and another abutting in the rear
service wing. Another ground floor room has a late C16 or early
Cl7 fireplace of clunch. Wave moulded four-centred arch with
rosette and foliate decoration in the spandrels, and stop
chamfered jambs on a high base. Two similar but smaller and
plainer fireplaces of clunch are visible on the first floor, and
a fourth fireplace is now sealed. The roof is of clasped side
purlin construction with the principals linked by collars. The
wall bracing is long and straight
RCHM: Record Card.

Listing NGR: TL5771170498

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26419382

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