Description

SD 549891 OLD HUTTON & HOLMESCALES B6254
(off South side)

4/14 Blease Hall
21.11.52

G.V. II*

House. Probably c.1600 for Robert Bateman; masons probably the Gibson family
who worked on Levens Hall. Slobbered rubble with quoins. Graduated slate roofs
with moulded copings and kneelers. Originally Hall with cross-wings although
north wing may have formed part of earlier building; south wing demolished early
C19. 2 storeys with cellar and attics; 4 bays overall(1:1:1:1). Present main
entrance through late C20 gabled porch adjoining south return. Garden
elevation: North wing has part-glazed door with casement to left; 5-light 1st
floor window, 4-light attic window, both mullioned and transomed under
hoodmoulds with labels. Hall has central full-height bay with 8-light (1:3:3:1)
king-mullioned and transomed window to each floor (blocked until 1985); 2-light
mullioned window under hoodmould with labels to 1st floor left, remains of
similar window to 1st floor right. Rear wall of hall rebuilt c.1830; rear of
wing retains part-blocked cellar door with window to right, both with chamfered
surrounds. Large projecting chimney to north end; stepped cylindrical mid
chimney and south end chimney, all rendered. Interior: Hall entered by studded
plank door in (reset?) chamfered surround with false 4-centred head. Large
fireplace with moulded segmental arch opposite has panelled door in architrave
to either side; left-hand door leads into former parlour with foliate plaster
frieze, right-hand door leads to dog-leg oak stair with square newels, turned
balusters (renewed 1985) and moulded handrail. 1st floor of hall retains
remains of fine plaster ceiling with 9 ft diameter vine-scroll decoration,
figures, frieze, and plaster moulding to beams. Wing has 3 braced trusses with
carpenters' numbers. Main timbers throughout are stop-chamfered. At time of
survey (June 1985) building is being refurbished to a high standard with
plasterwork cleaned and repaired and panelling replaced.

Listing NGR: SD5492589167

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17543842

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Recommended Books

• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)