Description

TL 72 NW and TL 7225-7325 PANFIELD HALL ROAD
(south side)

3/16 and 7/16 Panfield Hall

2.5.53
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Great house. C16, altered in C18 and C20. Red brick in English bond with lime-
stone dressings, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. Hall range aligned E-W,
c.1500 with at the W end a small mid-C16 extension to the S and a larger
extension to the N, C18 and C20. At the E end a second hall-range of similar
size and orientation, c.1570, with a stack in the S wall. From this a parlour/
solar range formerly extended to the N, probably part of a quadrangular plan,
which has been truncated to approx. 3 metres. Square tower to E of the
junction, c.1570. 2 inserted stacks, one in the original hall and one at its
junction with the later hall. 2 storeys with attics. The original hall has a
moulded brick plinth, exposed on the N and S elevations and returning at the E
end into the junction with the later hall. This has in the N elevation a window
of 3 lights with 3 arched heads of 4-centred curvature, recessed spandrels and
hollow-moulded jambs, mullions and transom, a similar window of 2 lights on the
first floor, and a blocked large hall window with moulded jambs, 4-centred head
and external label; below it, the brick plinth is ornamented with a diaper
design in limestone. The E gable has a 3-light window similar to that in the N
elevation, now enclosed by the E extension. The second hall has in the N
elevation a single-light window with square head and ovolo-moulded jambs, on the
first floor a window of 4 lights with square head and ovolo-moulded jambs,
mullions and transom, and a similar window of 3 lights on the ground floor of
the S elevation. The other windows are C20 reproductions. The doorway in the N
elevation of the second hall has a square head and ovolo-moulded jambs. The S
stack has 3 octagonal shafts, 2 ornamental and one plain, accurately restored.
The E tower is in 4 stages externally, with a moulded plinth and moulded string
courses at each storey. The ground storey forms a porch with an E doorway with
semi-circular outer arch, keystone and moulded imposts; above the arch is a sunk
panel with a C17 shield of arms in stone for Symonds of Great Yeldham, within a
flat pediment of brick. The 2 lower storeys have 2 windows on each side of
moulded brick, cement-rendered. The third storey has round-headed windows, and
a doorway with arched head of 4-centred curvature to the W, from the house.
Most of the windows are blocked. The original (W) hall has a NE doorway
(originally leading to the parlour) with roll-moulded jambs and 4-centred arched
head of plastered brick. At the SW corner there is a doorway into the small S
extension with moulded jambs and Tudor head with carved spandrels. A short
section remains (in the N corridor) of the edge of a former 'low end' gallery,
moulded and carved in the same style as the roof, with a defaced shield of arms.
The roof is of 3 bays with arch-braced collar trusses on wallpieces with the
finials carved in high relief, serpentine braces to the wallplates, trefoil and
quatrefoil pierced tracery in the spandrels, 2 butt-purlins to each pitch, and
serpentine wind-bracing, all components being moulded, unsooted. At the apex
there is an incomplete line of horizontal panels with quatrefoil piercing. A
fourth bay at the W end is of plain construction. The later (E) hall has 2
transverse moulded beams with lamb's tongue stops, and the original roof of 5
bays, with arch-braced collar trusses profiled to form a barrel-vault of
4-centred curvature, originally plastered to the soffit, now stripped, and
side-purlins with curved wind-bracing above. Traces of moulded plaster remain on
the end walls above the level of the inserted celing, in moulded panels with
detaced heraldic emblems. The original N wallplate has a face-halved and bladed
scarf. 2 tiebeams have been inserted. C17 stair introduced in C20. RCHM 3.

Listing NGR: TL7399425029

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17536213

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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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