Description

LOWESTOFT

TM59NW PARKHILL
914-1/1/68 (East side)
13/12/49 The Hall North and The Hall South
(Formerly Listed as:
PARKHILL
The Hall)

II

Formerly known as: The Hall GORLESTON ROAD.
House, divided into 2 dwellings. c1760, enlarged and altered
early C19. Rendered and colourwashed brick. Roofs of
black-glazed pantiles.
2 storeys. West front entered through a late C20 double-leaf
panelled door set right of centre under a plain overlight. C19
doorcase with engaged fluted Ionic columns supporting a flat
hood. Right and left is one ogee-headed casement with margin
lights and glazing bars. To the left are 2 more identical, but
larger, casements. The first floor has a projecting canted bay
in the centre, fixed oriel-fashion: casements with margin
lights. Left of it are 2 ogee casements as before with a third
to its right. One small horned sash without glazing bars to
the extreme right. Overhanging eaves under a hipped roof.
To the right is an additional wing under a hipped roof forming
the south front: canted bay windows with sashes with margin
lights; doorway. Modillion eaves cornice to west side. Stack
to south roof slope.
The north return of the house has a large C20 outshut through
which emerge 2 partly external wall stacks. Between the stacks
at first-floor level are 2 sashes. The east front has, to the
north part, 2 later C19 single-storey canted bays fitted with
casements with margin lights. They have hipped slate roofs. 3
irregularly-placed ogee casements to the first floor. Arched
staircase sash in recess to the left, with margin lights. C20
extensions to east face of south part.
INTERIOR of South part. The south ground-floor bays have
panelled reveals, as do the doorways with their 6-panelled
doors. Stick baluster staircase with ramped and wreathed
handrail. North-west room has a plaster cornice and an
imported marble chimneypiece. 4-panel doors to the first-floor
rooms.
INTERIOR of North part. The ogee casements have splayed
reveals. Ground-floor east room with a plaster ceiling
comprising a central rose orbited by an oval leaf trail
breaking into bifurcating scrolls at regular intervals.
Outside this is a continuous run of swags. Moulded cornice.

Listing NGR: TM5275095390

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26502217

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Recommended Books

• 
  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  For the Record