Description

TL 4680 WITCHAM HIGH STREET (North side) 13/51 5.2.52 The Hall (formerly listed under The Hall, with Barn GV Gates and Gatepiers)

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House. Circa 1700 with c.1840 Tudor Gothic remodelling of the facade. Brick, rendered. Plain tiled steeply pitched roof with embattled parapet on the front with moulded main cornice and end parapets. End stacks which are carried on moulded corbel at first floor. Each stack has three octagonal shafts, of gault brick rendered with capping and string course and all c.1840. Original L-plan includes a service wing at the rear. Two storeys and attic. Symmetrical front elevation of three first floor three-light cross frame casements. Central doorway in four centred arch has boarded door with cover strips and is approached by three steps with nosing. Two embattled canted bays with full length central casement flank the doorway. The service wing is of similar material and also has a plain tiled roof with a ridge stack. One storey and attic. Beyond is a dairy and other outbuildings. Interior: Symmetrical plan with room at east end having main beam with C18 panelled boxing and a small plaster coving. The open well staircase is original and of five flights and two landings. Closed string with square newels, toads back rail and turned balusters of vase-on-vase type. Tie beam and main beams are substantial with broad stop chamfers. There are C19 details such as white marble hearths. The house is cellared.

Listing NGR: TL4644680056

External Links

• Wikidata Q26595868

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)