Description

TF 34 NE BENINGTON HALL LANE (east side)

8/6 Bay Hall

19.11.51 II*

Former house, now store. c.1700 with later C18 addition and alterations. Red brick in Flemish bond, flat roof hidden behind parapet and pantile roof. 3 storey, 5 by 5 bay box, having plinth with ashlar coping, first and second floor and parapet bands, ashlar coping to parapet. Central 6 panel door with Gothick fanlight in rectangular surround. A later pedimented doorcase is on site but removed from the building. Pairs of flush cross mullioned oak casements flank the door. To first floor are 5 similar windows. To second floor 5 smaller 2 light openings, some blocked. All openings have splayed flat rubbed brick arches. The right hand 5 bay side has 2 fenestrated bays with an additional one on the ground floor, the remaining bays are blank. The left hand side is of 3 bays. The rear is of 3 bays with a single stone mullioned 2 light basement light with above a tall dropped cross mullioned stair light flanked by single cross mullioned windows. To second floor are 3 two light windows, partly blocked. To the left of the main front is a lower 2 bay 2 storey late C18 service range with pantile roof having stone coped gable, having a half glazed door with overlight, to left a C20 casement. To first floor is a plain sash and a 2 light C20 casement. All openings have segmental brick heads. Interior. Dogleg staircase with turned balusters, dado panelling, set under late C18 stair arches. Deep moulded cornices to principal rooms. Some dado panelling, shutters, contemporary doors, cupboards, and eared fireplace surrounds. A town house form, set down in open countryside.

Listing NGR: TF3937046387

External Links

• Wikidata Q17542849

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