Description

SJ 32 SE RUYTON XI TOWNS OLDEN LANE
(South side)

1574/8/10001 Ruyton Hall

GV II

House. Dated 1574; remodelled and extended circa late C18/early C19, and with later alterations.. Rendered brick and probably some timber-framing. Slate gabled and hipped roofs behind parapets. Brick axial stacks. PLAN: large square-plan house, the west elevation extended by a wing to the north and with another service wing to the north east added in the C19. Central stairhall and principal rooms on south and west sides. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. 3:1:2 bay east front; 3 bays to left with 2 gables and parapet between, C19 3- and 4-light casements and C20 gabled porch on left; bay to right with parapet recessed and 2-bay single-storey service wing on right end with hipped roof. 3-bay south front has sash windows with glazing bars, ground floor left and centre large tripartite windows with pediments, the right converted to French casement. 6-bay west elevation has 12 and 9-pane sashes. The parapets of the south and west fronts have later iron balustrades at intervals. North side has gable at centre, brick wing on right and single-storey hipped roof wing on left. INTERIOR: late C18/early C19 joinery including panelled doors and open-well, open-string staircase with stick balusters, moulded handrail wreathed over column newel. C18 chimneypiece in dining room; the other chimneypieces appear to have been installed later. Chamfered ceiling beams in room to right of entrance hall. Large carved timber incorporated into the roof structure as a tie-beam, with richly carved trailing vine and date 1574 with initials T.K. and E.K.

Listing NGR: SJ3906622270

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26537688

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

• 
  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
• 
  For the Record
• 
  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
• 
  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
• 
  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
• 
  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)