Description

SD 4979 BEETHAM A6 (off West side)
Beetham

9/12 Beetham Hall and
attached outbuildings
21.11.52

G.V. II*

House; former Hall with crosswings, now barn, at right-angles to South, linked
to house by waggon shed and shelter shed with granary over, in line with house;
Chapel in extension to rear of Hall; waggon shed and barn attached to North of
house. Former Hall medieval with later alterations; house has initials and date
1693 (or possibly 1653) for Thomas Brabin, on lintel of blocked door to right of
TB
entrance; later alterations; outbuildings mostly C19. Limestone rubble with
limestone dressings; porch coursed squared limestone; graduated greenslate roof
with stone ridges. Corrugated roof to waggon shed, shelter shed and granary.
House: 2 storeys, 4 windows. Gabled off-centre porch with copings and kneelers
and 3 ball finials, initials TMB on plaque on gable, oak board door. Blocked
window with stone surround to right; to right of that casement inserted into
blocked doorway with embattled moulding to inscribed lintel. Later paired
windows to left of porch in dressed stone surround with chamfered cill and flat
faced mullion. 2-light windows above,in stepped stone surrounds with chamfered
mullions,have iron-framed casements to opening lights. 3 ridge chimneys,
central one with 3 joined round shafts on square stack, right with single round
shaft. Shelter shed: 4 round arches, right-hand one to passage narrower, all
with voussoirs. Waggon shed: board doors under canopy with replaced covering
and steps up to granary at right. Former Hall: extended to left (East) end with
later openings but retains window with stone mullions and hoodmould and labels
to pitching eye in remains of East wing. Traceried window with hoodmould and
labels; 3 further traceried windows and door with 2-centred head to rear.
Interior of house has oak staircase with closed string, turned balusters,
moulded handrail and square newels with ball terminals; early C18 fireplace in
front room; corbelled chimney base on former external wall in rear bedroom.
Hall has projecting turret staircase and original piscina in chapel. See RCHM
pp40-41.

Listing NGR: SD4992079055

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17543853

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)