Description

COSTOCK CHURCH LANE
SK 52 NE
(north side)
5/4 The Hall Farmhouse
14.5.52
II
Farmhouse. Early C17 with later alterations, Mid C18 extension,
mid C20 restorations. Coursed rubble and red brick, ashlar
dressings. Concrete pantile and plain tile roofs. Entrance
front of C17 coursed rubble build with single rubble stack to the
left. Right corner with ashlar quoins. Single sloping buttress
to the right. 2 storeys plus garret, 3 bays, the right 2 bays
being gabled, the left single bay slightly projects. Ground
floor moulded ashlar lintel band. Tudor arched doorway with
double wooden doors, reveal and flush ashlar quoin surround. To
the right is a single 2 light casement and further right a single
4 light casement. Above is a single 3 light casement with single
4 light casement to the right, all windows with mullioins. In
the garret is a single single light casement. To the left and
set back is the C18 red brick and plain tile 2 storey, single bay
wing with red brick gable stack and dentil eaves. Single
segmental arched casement on each floor. Lane/east front of 2
storeys plus attic, 5 bays. Coursed rubble with some red brick
patching. Single red brick stack to front. The single bay
second from the right is a large external coursed rubble stack
with red brick shaft. Right corner of this front with stepped
clasping buttresses. Remains of moulded ashlar first floor band.
The left 3 bays with similar ground floor lintel band. Single 3
light C17 ashlar mullion casement, to the right is a single
single light C17 ashlar casement, a single 2 light mullion
casement and further right, contained within the stack, is a
single single light casement, the single bay on the far right has
no openings. Above is a single 2 light casement. Attic has a
single hipped roof dormer with single 4 light casement. Most
casements with lead glazing bars. Interior has a Tudor arched
doorway with panelled spandrels now part blocked and containing a
window. Tudor chamfered arched ashlar fireplace with relieving
arch. Many chamfered beams.

Listing NGR: SK5752326486

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26534782

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Recommended Books

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)