Description

LITTLE WALDINGFIELD SLOUGH HALL
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5377
TL 94 SW
9/756
II

2.
Farmhouse. Late C16/early C17, with later additions. Timber-framed and rendered;
plaintiled roofs; an internal chimney-stack with a plain red brick shaft and corbelled
head. 2 storeys. The facade has 3 gables of different sizes and dates: on the left,
a wide gabled addition of the mid-C19, containing a large kitchen, still with
a very fine contemporary range; in the centre, an original narrower gable to a 2-bay
cross-wing, which, with an associated 2-bay main range, formed the whole of the original
house, on the right, a mid-C20 gabled projection from the main range. All the windows
are mid-C20 small-paned 2-light casements, except those on each side of the entrance,
which have semi-circular arched heads in early C19 style; the door and portico are
also reproductions in the same style. Some plain, good-quality framing is exposed
in the original part of the house; main ceiling-beams with plain chamfer ; roof of
the cross-wing, with principal rafters, clasped purlins and windbraces, was Initially
hipped at the front. The internal chimney-stack has evidence for 4 hearths, 2 on
each floor. The house stands on an isolated site, surrounded by the remains of a large
moat. Deeds, mainly relating to woodlands associated with the farmstead, go back
to 1635, and a reference in a will of 1655 to 'The New House' may perhaps relate to
this building.

Listing NGR: TL9395944412

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26527505

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Recommended Books

• 
  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)