Description

SE0446 SILSDEN C.P. BRADLEY ROAD (east side)

9/128 Nos 18, 20, 22, 27.9.65 24 and 26 (formerly listed as Old Hall)

GV II*

House, now forming 5 dwellings. Initialled and dated "H. Anno Dom" HI 1682 with C18 addition. Thin coursed rubble, dressed quoins, stone slate roof. 2 storeys. 3-cell linear plan under 3 parallel ranges, gabled to south and north, of more than one room in depth. 1st cell 3 rooms deep, 2nd cell 2 rooms deep, 3rd cell 2 rooms deep with added rear kitchen late C18.

South front : Inserted doorway in 1st cell (No 26). Original doorway in 2nd cell to right of hall window, has composite jambs, Tudor-arched lintel with decorative date inscription and chamfered surround. All windows are double-chamfered mullioned-and-transomed, outer cells of 6 lights with 4 lights over to 1st floor. Central hall has 8 lights the central 4 lacking mullions with 6 lights over to 1st floor. Continuous hoodmoulds with straight returns over 1st floor windows. Each gable has arched rectangular light (blind), copings and kneelers. 2 stacks to ridge (lst 2 cells) and lateral stack to 3rd cell.

Rear has C18 addition to left with quoins, gable stack, and projecting lean-to containing bee-hive ovens. 4-light double-chamfered mullioned window with hoodmould, small chamfered light to right, 1st floor, has 3-light window and former 2-light window altered to 16-paned sash. Rear of 1st cell has 2-light and 3-light window with 3-light window over to 1st floor, all with double-chamfered surrounds with almost square reveals. Right return has 2 Tudor-arched doorways with composite jambs and chamfered surrounds. 4-light window with hoodmould, other windows with double-chamfered surrounds lack mullions.

Interior : Hall has segmental-arched fireplace with skewbacks and chamfered surround with unusual decorative stops. A stone stair rises behind the hall stack and is partitioned off from the rear room by an oak board-and-muntin panelled wall with an oak post at the stairs' foot. The connecting stone doorway between these rooms has Tudor-arched lintel and chamfered surround. Most rooms have stop-chamfered spine beams. The rear room of the 1st cell has stone shelves and was probably a dairy originally. The rear added kitchen has 2 bee-hive ovens. Hall chamber has truss with large tie-beam and single angle-struts lacking king-post. A house of some distinction prominently sited on the edge of the village. RCHM (England) report.

Listing NGR: SE0401246651

External Links

• Wikidata Q17535003

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
• 
  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
• 
  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
• 
  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014