Description

KNAPTON HALL LANE TG 33 SW 4/72 Knapton Old Hall (formerly listed 16.4.55 under Paston Civil Parish) - II

Farmhouse. Late C16 with later alterations and additions. Flint with brick dressings. Plain tiles to earlier east range, otherwise pantiles. Complex plan. East front of 2 storeys with dormer attic. To right full height canted bay with parapet pierced by 2 and 3-light brick cross casements of C19. To left one 2-light brick cross casement each floor. Gabled roof with one gabled dormer and casement. Central octagonal bell-based ridge stack with corbelled top. Internal north stack with diamond flue. To north a C19 cross wing with stepped gables, now with C20 details. East front with flat buttress at south corner. South gable on kneelers. Gable wall with 5 renewed 2-light brick casements. Running parallel to'east wing a second cross wing of C17 origin but now entirely C19. 2 storey canted bay against south gable with 2 and 3-light brick cross casements. 3-light attic window above. Between the 2 ranges a door below a 2-light cross casement. Interior. C17 staircase within timber framed well. Stairs have moulded handrail and flat balusters arranged in groups of three. Square newel posts. Dining room with cruciform bridging beams moulded into roll and hollow chamfers. Joists are ovolo and roll moulded. Small frame panelling with arcuated frieze. 4-centred fireplace below 3 bay overmantel with arcuated frieze. Lounge with overmantel constructed of C16 and C17 components (not in situ) and re-used C16 tie beam. Roof of east range of principals and 2 tiers butt purlins, the upper tier staggered. Curved windbracing and collars.

Listing NGR: TG3028533549

External Links

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