Description

TL 85 NW WHEPSTEAD BROCKLEY ROAD

4/121 Whepstead Hall

II

House, formerly manor house; c.1500, with C17 alterations. Hall range with 2
cross-wings; 2 storeys. Timber-framed and rendered with scratched oblong
panels. Plaintiled roof with 1 axial and 2 external chimneys of red brick,
partly rendered. Mid C20 small-pane casements and 6-panelled entrance door. A
complex house of several periods: the left-hand parlour cross-wing C15 or
earlier, with coupled rafter roof, each couple having had double collars; the
right-hand service cross-wing c.1500, with close-studding and coupled-rafter
roof (this wing was extended forwards C17 to form a symmetrical H-plan); the
central hall range rebuilt C17, with axial chimney and clasped purlin roof. A
limestone fireplace in the parlour with strapwork-carved overmantel and central
achievement; late C16, or a late C19 copy. The house altered and extended to
rear mid C20.

Listing NGR: TL8325058190

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26523822

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Recommended Books

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)