Description

SE 9181 SNAINTON WEST LANE
(south side)

12/109 The Old Hall
18.1.67 (formerly listed as
Snainton Hall)

GV II

House, now 2 dwellings. Mid C18 probably with earlier origins; extended
late C18; altered and subdivided late C19. House of squared sandstone with
herringbone-tooled quoins, slate roof and rebuilt brick stacks. Extension
partly red brick with pantile roof and brick stacks. 3-cell, cross-passage
house with later extensions to right and to front. Entrance front: 2-
storey, 5-bay front, the end bays single storey and extended forward. Right
of centre door of 6 raised and fielded panels in painted raised and keyed
surround with added pedimented door-hood. 16-pane sashes in similar
surrounds to gable ends of projecting wings and to first floor. End and
centre left stacks. To right, 1½ storey, L-shaped extension, with 4-panel
door and overlight beneath flat arch, and 2-light, 12-pane horizontal
sliding sashes. Garden front: 2-storey, 4-window front, with single storey
and attic extension to left. Door of 6 recessed panels in raised keyed
surround within C20 gabled porch. Unequal 15-pane sash over door and 16-
pane sashes to remaining windows. Painted raised surrounds to ground-floor
windows. First-floor windows have painted heavy lintels replacing keyed
lintels, traces of which remain. Coped gables and shaped kneelers. End and
right of centre stacks. Extension has ground-floor window with heavy tooled
lintel, and flat dormer to attic. Coped gable and shaped kneeler to left.
Centre stack. Gable end to extension: 4-pane sash beneath keyed segmental
arch and painted stone sill to ground floor. 2-light, 12-pane horizontal-
sliding sash to first floor. Interior: open-string, dog-leg staircase rises
to attic; turned balusters and newels, moulded, ramped-up handrail, and
shaped tread ends. The ground-floor room to end left has panelled window
recesses and shutters. Ground-floor cross-passage doors are of 6 recessed
moulded panels. On the first floor there are several doors of 6 raised and
fielded panels.

Listing NGR: SE9175182104

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26467862

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