Description

OFFTON LITTLE BRICETT TM 05 SW 1/150 Tollemache Hall 9.12.55 - II House, formerly the manor house of Little Bricett. Mid C16 with alterations of early C17, early C19 and C19. 2 storeys and attics. Timber-framed and plastered; the upper-floor is jettied along the front wall, and to it a plaster coving was applied with a wooden fascia in early C19. Plaintiled roof with gabled C19 casement dormers. An axial C19 chimney of red brick. Another of C17 near left-hand end has 3 attached rectangular shafts on a square plinth. Early C19 small-panes sashes. C18 entrance door, panelled, with the upper pair glazed; moulded and eared architrave. The core of the house consists of a high-quality 3-cell building of c.1550 with cross-passage entrance (the parlour cell at left was demolished in C19). In the hall are ogee-and-scotia moulded beams and a fine open fireplace whose lintel is carved in the form of a depressed 4-centred arch, the mouldings continuing down the jambs. The chamber above has an arched doorway with leaf-carved spandrels. The right-hand cell was probably added early C17; the inserted attics and plaster ceilings (one with vinescroll on the beam soffits) are of this date. A small parlour has complete early C18 panelling with corner cupboard and fireplace; other rooms also have C18 joinery. A 2-storey wing was aaded to rear in mid C19, of stuccoed brick.

Listing NGR: TM0478750150

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (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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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)