Description

CARLTON CARLTON LANE SE 24 SW LS 19 (east side) East Carlton 5/117 Carlton Hall 22.11.1966 - II

Lesser gentry hall-house. Probably early C17 or earlier, restored and altered internally c.1900. Large coursed blocks of squared sandstone, stone slate roof. Hall-and-crosswings plan within a rectangle. Now all 2 storeys but formerly open single-storey hall with storeyed wings; chamfered plinth; continuous dripmould carried round the whole and stepped over very large transomed hall window of 4 + 4 lights with a king mullion, and over a doorway into the left wing, which has a moulded Tudor-arched surround (lintel restored), heavily-studded door, and unusual overlight of 3 square lights; otherwise, the gable of this wing has a restored 4-light window, the gable of the right wing has a King-mullioned window of 3 + 3 lights, and at 1st floor each wing has a transomed window of 3 + 3 lights with a king mullion; and there is an inserted 2-light window at 1st floor of the hall. Gable copings with kneelers and finials. Two ridge chimneys. Left return wall of left wing has inserted door and window. Right return wall of right wing has an external chimney stack (cut down to eaves level), a 2-light window at ground floor to left of this, and another at 1st floor to right. Rear: vertical joints at upper level indicating that rear wall of hall has been raised to 2 storeys; two 2-light windows at ground floor, with dripmould over them, inserted window above; rear gables of wings have 5-light windows at ground floor, transomed 4-light windows above.

fInterior: almost entirely remodelled, c.1900. but floor inserted in hall at that time recently removed; in the wing, a Tudor-arched stone fireplace in parlour at ground floor, another in chamber above; stone flagged floors.

Listing NGR: SE2218143264

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)