Description

RAYDON B1070
TM 03 NW
(north side)
3/18
Layham Hall
22.2.55 (formerly listed as Masons
Bridge Farmhouse)
- II
House. C16-C17, extensively renovated c1930. Timber-framed, part rendered, partly
cased in painted brick. Plain tile roof, rebuilt red brick stacks. U-plan,
internally remodelled C20. Ground floor close-studded, rough render above. C20
central gabled porch flanked by 3-light C20 mullion and transom windows. Further
mullion windows to cross wings and 1st floor. Wood modillion eaves cornice,
bargeboards to gabled cross wings. Off-centre ridge stack to hall range. Right
cross wing return walls jettied. Rear: hall range modified by addition of 2 gables
so rear forms balanced composition of 4 gables. Interior: right cross wing
jettied internally indicating that the hall range is, in part at least, later in
date and may have been increased in width at front. Beam with tongue stop, stone
fireplace probably C20 reproduction. Rear room of left cross wing beamed ceiling.
Jowled posts to 1st floor.

Listing NGR: TM0402339921

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26487839

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Recommended Books

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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)