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BRAITHWELL
HOLYWELL LANE (south side)
The Old Hall Farmhouse and Hall Farmhouse

(Formerly listed as Hall Farm (house)).

27.5.53

GV
II

Farmhouse now two dwellings. Dated 1683 and 1771. Coursed and rubble magnesian limestone, Welsh slate roofs. Three-storey, three-bay house of 1771 (The Old Hall Farmhouse) with two-storey, two-cell house of 1683 forming wing to rear left (Hall Farmhouse).

The Old Hall Farmhouse: quoins; central door and six-pane overlight in quoined surround with keystone beneath plaque inscribed B/JEG/1771; flanking bays and first floor have projecting sills to sashes with glazing bars beneath flat arches. Three six-pane casements to second floor. Hipped roof with two brick ridge stacks flanking the central bay. Interior: contemporary staircase with turned balusters.

Hall Farmhouse: large quoins on left; chamfered plinth steps down at door position to right of centre having quoins, lintel with keystone and continuous dripmould which drops down over three-light double-chamfered windows now without mullions; C20 casement on left. First floor: over door a rectangular plaque inscribed 'T B E/1683' beneath double-chamfered single-light window with dripstone, flanked by similar three-light mullioned windows. Large rendered ridge stack. Rear: intact three-light, double-chamfered, mullioned window on ground-floor right; altered doorway with dripstone. First floor: blocked single-light window with dripstone flanked on left by a two-light mullioned window and on right by similar window without its mullion. Left return: truncated base of a large external stack.

Interior: large basket-arched fireplace with moulded voussoirs. C20 additions to rear not of special interest.

Listing NGR: SK5310094387

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26487272

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Recommended Books

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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas