Description

SE 82 SE ALKBOROUGH WALCOT ROAD (east side) 1/6 Walcot Old Hall (formerly listed as Manor Farmhouse) 6.11.67

GV II*

House. Mid C17 with later internal alterations and c.1980 restoration. Red brick, with front in English bond; rendered brick mullion windows. Pantile roof. Approximately square, double-depth plan: 2-room central entrance hall front with projecting porch; slightly narrower rear section with 2 rooms and stair hall. Artisan Mannerist Style. 2 storeys with attic, 3 bays; symmetrical. Plinth with 3-course chamfered brick band. Pedimented full- height porch with central section breaking forward has stone step to recessed round-headed doorway in square-headed reveal flanked by pilasters with moulded bases supporting a flat rubbed brick arch and plastered moulded brick pediment above. Recessed C19 part-glazed panelled door in keyed architrave. Full-height bays breaking forward to either side have 3-light chamfered mullion windows with transoms in chamfered reveals beneath flat arches and moulded brick pediments. 3-course first floor band links bays. Further similar windows to first floor. C19 wooden frames and glazing bars to windows on left; c.1980 leaded lights to remainder. Modillion and dentil brick eaves cornice to porch sides and between bays; 2-course brick cornice bands to side bays. Porch has a similar band linking a pair of projecting brick corbels with moulded caps, each supported on 3 moulded brackets. Plain brick-coped open-pedimented gable above. Double-span roof with stone- coped gables. Massive mid-roof stack to left; lateral stack to rear right. Left and right returns have plinth, first and second floor brick bands, window bays breaking forward and chamfered mullioned windows similar to front. 2-light windows to rear section of right return, including 3 cross- mullioned stair windows. Later attic casements to gables, one to left return with leaded lights. 4-centred arch to rear entrance with original panelled and studded oak door and beaded frame in reveal. interior. Basket-arch chamfered brick fireplaces to front rooms. C17 wooden screen between ground floor left and entrance hall has pair of round-headed panels in keyed architraves with moulded imposts and moulded cornice above; marks of former pilasters and strapwork frieze are visible. Wide chamfered basket-arched fireplace and ovolo-moulded ceiling beams to rear left. Original closed string staircase with C19 balustrade. Roof has curved brackets to collars, clasped and butt purlins and housings for former through purlins.

Listing NGR: SE8787221011

External Links

• Wikidata Q17533711

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)