Latitude: 51.7959 / 51°47'45"N
Longitude: 0.2065 / 0°12'23"E
OS Eastings: 552255
OS Northings: 213108
OS Grid: TL522131
Mapcode National: GBR MFR.C0Y
Mapcode Global: VHHM8.J4J3
Plus Code: 9F32Q6W4+9H
Entry Name: Down Hall
Listing Date: 14 December 1983
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1186292
English Heritage Legacy ID: 353669
ID on this website: 101186292
Location: Newman's End, Uttlesford, Essex, CM22
County: Essex
District: Uttlesford
Civil Parish: Hatfield Heath
Traditional County: Essex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Essex
Church of England Parish: Hatfield Heath Holy Trinity
Church of England Diocese: Chelmsford
Tagged with: English country house Country house hotel House
TL 51 SW HATFIELD BROAD OAK MATCHING ROAD
5/113 Down Hall 14.12.83 GV II*
The address shall be amended to read: MATCHING ROAD, HATFIELD HEATH
Down Hall
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TL 51 SW HATFIELD BROAD OAK MATCHING ROAD, HATFIELD HEATH
5/113 Down Hall 14/12/83 GV II*
Mansion of Mannerist Italianate character. 1871-73 by Cockerell the younger. Structure of concrete with stone and stucco and 'scraffito' decorative panels. Main rectangular block of 2 storeys with hipped slate roof. On south west and north west corners are 3 storey pyramid roofed pavilions, linked on ground floor by a colonnaded loggia. Above this is a recessed centre block with originally a balustraded roof terrace now covered by a C20 slate hung third storey. The main south east front has a narrow projecting centre bay and wider projecting corner blocks with rusticated pilasters. In the centre a projecting enclosed porch, with pedimented door case, piers with ball finials and semi- circular sides with curved plate glass windows. Over, a semi-dome with roof light oculus. Above the projecting centre is a raised attic, with open pediment and blank Diocletian arch motif with central circular window. The first floor has double hung sash windows with single central glazing bars. Ground floor has large mullioned and transomed windows with large plate glass glazing. Large stacks with a pair of Tuscan columns attached to a central brick block. Projecting from the north west corner is a 2 storey service wing, with similar decoration and 2 pedimented projections each with blind Diocletian arch motif. This has a block parapet and hipped slate roof. Quadrant walls with piers and urn finials project forward to enclose an entrance court.
Listing NGR: TL5225513108
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