Description

CLAYDON HALL LANE
TM 14 NW
7/100 Claydon Hall
9.12.55
- II
House, formerly manor house. Mid C14 core with major alterations of early C17
and later. 2 storeys and attics. Timber-framed and plastered, partly encased
in C19 painted brick; the early C17 parlour wing at left has some C18
herringbone pargetting. Plaintiled roofs; the parlour wing has an oversailing
gable tie-beam and bargeboards, both billet-carved, with moulded pendant
finials. An axial C17 chimney of red brick, of cross-quadrate form and
another plain C17 chimney to right. Mainly mid C19 small-pane sashes. Glazed
mid C19 6-panelled entrance door, recessed between Tuscan columns supporting a
moulded cornice. The centre range of the house has a mid C14 crown-post roof
of two 2.5 metre bays, with evidence for a 3rd. Two open trusses have
octagonal crown-posts with scroll-moulded capitals, and straight braces
originally on 4 sides. A closed truss has a corresponding semi-octagonal
crownpost, and on what was originally the external gable is a section of early
or original weather-boarding (a rare feature on a mediaeval building of this
status). Little is left below roof level of C14 work, but there is some
evidence that the upper floor is original. The smoke-blackening at roof level
therefore implies the existence of an upper room with an open hearth. Cross-
wings were added at either end of this range in the early C17, and staircase
and garderobe-towers to the rear. To right is a short C18 service range and
to left a C18 single-storey range in painted brick. The house stands within
an incomplete homestead moat of C14 or earlier. The manor was held in the mid
C14 by William de Cleydon (ante 1327) and by his son John (d.1350). The site
is reputed to have formerly been occupied by a castle (East Anglian
Miscallany, No.5632).

Listing NGR: TM1418249522

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26543145

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Recommended Books

• 
  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings