Description

SE 18 NW SPENNITHORNE OLD HALL

3/107 Abbey Cottage

GV II

Part of medieval complex forming Spennithorne 0ldHall, now a house. C14,
with extensive remodelling. Rubble, artificial slate roof. 2 storeys,
2 offset, parallel ranges with C20 single-storey extension to left, the
2 ranges having 3 and 2 C20 first-floor windows to south elevation, with
ruined section to right. Fragments of old masonry and blocked windows. At
rear of side elevations, the medieval external doorways of a screens
passage, 1 glazed, 1 blocked , with pointed double-chamfered arches with
hollow mouldings to chamfers. Interior: 4 original doorways of screens
passage, 3 with shouldered doorheads and chamfered openings leading to
pantry, kitchen and buttery, the fourth to the staircase. The hall of the
Fitz Randalls of Spennithorne. 'NYCVBSG Report', No 667; Harrison and
Hutton, Vernacular Houses in North Yorkshire and Cleveland, 1984, p25:
picture of screens passage doorways.

Listing NGR: SE1396788631

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26474096

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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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