Description

SU 63 NE BENTWORTH HIGH STREET

7/7 Hall Farmhouse
31/07/63 (formerly listed as Hall Farm)
GV II*

House. C14, C17, and early C19. Rendered walls and tiled roof. A
medieval hall with 2-storeyed cross wings and porch, with modifications of the
C17 and early C19. The front (north-west) has the wide gables of the wings,
the narrower gable of the porch (2-storeyed) and a gable now in front of the
middle (hall) section; 2 storeys, 2.1.1 above 1.2.1 windows. Roughcast
on thick flint-walled structure); 2 small stone windows and the stone frame
of a larger (C17) window, some cambered openings. Sashes and casements, the
doorway is Gothic stone arch, with a C20 boarded door and narrow side windows,
and above it is a shield with armorial devices. The rear elevation has
exposed flint walls with brick dressings, (to the rear of the hipped roofed west
wing and outshot to the former hall), the east wing gable being roughcast with
a coupled stone-framed upper light. The west elevation (the side of the west
wing) has a stone-framed upper window and a massive attached tapered stack.
The east elevation has early C19 sashes and a C20 ½-glazed door within a wide
tile roofed open porch. The inner door to the front porch is a medieval
stone arch. The building is said to have been constructed by John of
Bynteworth, and was used as a manor court.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Hall Place at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q5642616

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Recommended Books

• 
  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)