Description

TQ 64 NW CAPEL TUDELEY HALE

1/294 Tudeley Hall

GV II

House. C16 and C17, possibly medieval origins in parts, extensively renovated
circa 1930. Timber-framed. Ground floor is Flemish bond red brick with burnt
headers; brick stacks and ornate Tudor-style brick chimneyshafts with
crenellated tops; peg-tile roof.

Plan and Development: Large house facing west north west, say west. The main
part is 2-rooms wide and 2-rooms deep. The front right (south) room has an
outer lateral stack and rear room has rear end stack. Main stair also to
rear. Principal parlour left front heated by-a stack backing onto a corridor
connecting the stair to the front porch which is in a wing set back from the
front and parallel with the road. Room behind the porch has a rear lateral
stack.

Present layout is essentially the result of a major rearrangement and
modernisation of circa 1930. Only very limited access was available at the
time of this survey and therefore it was not possible to determine the
historic development of the house. Certainly there is extensive remains of
the C16 and C17 house and the owner described an octagonal crown post in the
roof which probably suggests that the house originated as a late medieval open
hall house.

House is 2 storeys.

Exterior: Attractive irregular front of circa 1930 in Tudor style. 3-bay
front. The middle bay projects forward the furthest, the right bay only a
little back and the left bay set well back. The left bay contains the
entrance porch. It has a wide Tudor arch and the doorway is set behind a C20
panelled and glazed door. Mullioned window to left, moulded bressummer at
first floor level and gabled roof above projecting forward from the main south
block roof. Main 2 gabled bays are brick at ground floor and timber-framed
above; close studding with curving tension braces. First floor and gable are
jettied with moulded bressummers on fluted scroll brackets. Ground and first
floor have shallow oriel windows, mullioned with transoms. All the windows,
throughout the house contain rectangular panes of leaded glass. Front gables
have moulded bargeboards including a brattished frieze and have apex finials
and pendants. The roof behind is parallel to the street. It steps down to
the south wing which is gable-ended. Original large framing is exposed on the
right (north) end and rear walls and includes large curving tension braces.

Interior: Only a very small part of the interior was available for inspection
at the time of this survey, but this was enough to indicate that C16 or C17
carpentry remains. Also the owner described an octagonal crown post in the
roof.

A full internal survey should be carried out here before any alterations lest
C16, C17 or medieval features be disturbed.

Listing NGR: TQ6212946092

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26552701

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