Description

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CHARLEY OAKS IN CHARNWOOD
SK 41 SE
8/10002 Charley Hall and attached
outbuilding range and walls
II

Country house. C15/C16 or earlier monastic origins with considerable C18-early C20
alterations and additions. Granite and slate rubble, part stuccoed, and small section of red brick.
Stone and brick dressings. Swithland slate roofs with stone and brick ridge and end stacks.
Complex irregular plan incorporating an L-plan range of monastic origin with large additions
to north-east. Mainly 2 storeys and attic, the large neo-Tudor range dated 1890 is on the far left
of the front. 2-window range of stone mullion and transom windows with casements in the
timber-framed attic over. Projecting gabled porch with double doors in round-headed arch.
Single-storey former ballroom extension to right dated 1904 has large bay window. Behind is a
range with 2- and 3-light casements and dormers and part of C16 mullioned window. This
range has thick walls and is likely to be of medieval origin. To right of this a range of similar
period, which was raised late C19 and has casements and the outline of a large blocked
window. A brick range to far right. Extending behind these last ranges an outbuilding wing
with various stable doors and windows. The inner wall has a 2-centred arched doorway and
remains ofmullioned windows, all blocked. To rear of the main ranges are further mullion and
transom windows in the 1890 range and glazing-bar sashes and casements in the other ranges.
Extending to rear from the house is a single-storey section which continues as a high
rubblestone wall bending round to near the outbuilding wing. Extending from the 1890 range
another wall with gateway in Gibbs style but incorporating dressed stone from early mullion
windows. INTERIOR. In the main part of the house the middle range has a curved-principal
roof probably C16. Below this on the ground floor is a blocked 4-centre arch, corresponding
on the other side of the range to the C16 window. The 1890 range has margin stained glass and
contemporary fireplaces and fittings. The outbuilding range has massive beams and joists to one
section and one cruck truss. HISTORY. Charley Hall incorporates the remains of an
Augustinian priory which was founded mid C12 and amalgamated with that at nearby
Ulverscroft in 1465. It is likely that significant fragments of walling survive from periods before
the priory's dissolution in 1539.

Listing NGR: SK4795914741

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26545057

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2