Description

TL 31NE WARE RURAL BAKERS END
(west side)
2/25 Hall House

GV II

House. Late medieval, probably early C16. Timberframed and
plastered, partly replaced in plastered brick. Steep old red
tile roofs. One and a half storeys, 2-storeys E wing, 3-windows
to ground floor, one in jettied upper floor and 3 cabled dormers.
3-light flush casements with small panes. 2-light in dormers and
E window of ground floor. 4-panel door with flat hood on shaped
brackets. Built as a small open-hall house facing S with a
jettied crosswing on the E and a 2-storey service bay at the W
end. In cross-passage 2 doors with hollow chamfered 4-centred
heads to the service rooms. Part of similar door head at N end
of passage. Exposed close studding over hall. Open truss with
hollow chamfered tie-beams, rebated crown-post and thin two-way
bracing to the collar purlin. Floor inserted in hall and central
chimney built backing onto the cross-passage in the mid or late
C17. Chimney offset to S to give room for the single stair
probably replacing one at each end of house. Lateral chimney
added to serve parlour in cross-wing in late C17 or early C18.
Chimney on W gable dates from the conversion of this end to a
living room. House made into 3 cottages in C19, now recently
restored (RCHM Typescript).

Listing NGR: TL3958717131

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26346291

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