Description

CLAYDON PAPER MILL LANE
TM 14 NW
7/109 Mockbeggars Hall
(Formerly listed as Old
9.12.55 Hall)
- II*
House, 1621 on gables. 3-window hall range with pair of slightly set-forward
cross-wings. 2 storeys and attics. Red brick; originally there was extensive
quoining and other plaster ornament to simulate limestone dressings, but this
is much decayed. At 1st floor level is a complex moulded band of brick, and
another of simpler form at the attic floor. Each cross-wing has a Dutch gable
with ball finials of limestone at both base and apex. The left-hand gable has
I over 16, and the right A over 21, in wrought iron - the initials are perhaps
for John Aylmer, the owner at about this date. Plaintiled roofs; on either
side wall and at the rear are massive chimneys of red brick, on each are 3
octagonal flues truncated just above the base. A central axial chimney of
similar form is a C19 intrusion. Mullioned and transomed windows of 10 lights
(8 lights at attic storey) were originally of plastered brick, but four were
renewed C19/C20 in limestone. Those at the upper floor have moulded
pediments. Iron casements with leaded lights throughout. Beside the entrance
is a pair of canted bays, the main windows being of 6 lights. A C19 print
shows both bays terminating in gablets, containing a pair of dormer windows to
light the attics. Fine central entrance porch, also truncated above 1st
storey. The moulded round-arched outer doorway has a pair of Doric columns on
square plinths, supporting a deep cornice. Above this is a remnant of a
raised plasterwork motif. The inner doorway has an elliptical head with
raised plasterwork quoining; on each voussoir is a raised flower or leaf
motif, and on each side is a pilaster. Yellow and blue colouring may be
original. The original entrance door has moulded framing and small sunk
panels, 3 central panels being of diamond form; the framing is covered in
large nail-heads. A small room has a richly-carved C17 overmantel which must
have been moved to this position c.1900; panelling in the Jacobean manner
with some Arc Nouveau details. Several original fireplaces on all floors have
moulded arched heads, also oak doorways with moulded jambs and plank doors. A
staircase tower at the rear has a full-height large but undecorated newel
stair.

Listing NGR: TM1311348664

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17539321

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Recommended Books

• 
  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)