Description

SP 57 NW SHAWELL MAIN STREET (south west side)

Shawell Hall and attached 6/43 cottage and outbuildings and stables to east

GV II

House with attached cottage and outbuildings. C17 and C18, probably with earlier fabric and with C19 and C20 alterations. Red brick, some stone. Plain tile roof with 2 gable stacks. East front: early C19, symmetrical. 2½ storeys; 3 bays. Central doorway with flat hood on brackets, 6-panel door with overlight and cambered arch. To left and right, single glazing-bar sashes with cambered arches. Above, 3 similar sashes with cambered arches. Above again, 3 smaller sashes with cambered arches. All windows have stone sills. Attached to left, a lower 2-storey cottage of rendered brick with plain tile roof with tall ridge stack. Off centre doorway with plank door and cambered arch with to left, a 3-light sliding sash with cambered arch. Above, a 3- light casement. Lead rainwater head on east gable end with initials T.P. and arms of Thomas Planplin. Attached to left, single-storey rendered brick range with half-hipped roof, large stack, brick band and dentilled cornice. Single 3-light casement with cambered arch. Attached to left again, a similarly treated range, with doorway with 4-panel door and flat arch with to left, a vehicle entrance with C20 double plank doors and cambered arch. To right, a 2-light casement with flat arch. Above, a small glazing-bar sash with cambered arch, with to right a loft doorway with plank door. Attached to left, a low range of C18 and C19 brick stables. INTERIOR: Much C18 and C19 joinery including several panelled doors, and circa late C17 staircase with closed string, turned balusters and moulded handrail, said to have been imported from another house. Brick vault at rear.

Listing NGR: SP5421179668

External Links

• Wikidata Q26314692

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