Description

TM 1245 SPROUGHTON LOWER STREET
5/45
Sproughton Hall
22.2.55
GV II
House. Late C16 orearly C17 and later. Timber framed, rendered, brick, plaintile
roofs, the front range hipped. L plan. 2½ storey front range, 2 storey rear
range. Cellars. 3 windows 2- and 3-light C20 timber cross casements. Central
French window formerly the main entrance. 2 gabled casement dormers with shaped
finials. External stepped brick stack to right hand gable, c1600 in English
bond, and with tile- roofed link to main roof. Left hand return. Resited
doorway. Door with 2 lower raised and fielded panels, the upper part glazed, in
moulded doorcase with ramped cornice and between reeded pilasters. Timber porch
with flat canopy on 2 fluted timber posts on tall square bases. Rear range.
Large external brick stack in Flemish bond, c1700, on base of earlier brick
stack. Added C17 one bay 2 storey dairy with first floor louvred window.
Interior: Cellar of 2 two-bay cells beneath right hand front and part of rear
range, both ceiled with horizontal joists, the front with bar stops, the rear with
lamb's tongue stops to the main beams. C18 panelling, fireplace surround and
flanking alcoves installed 1950's. Deep chamfered main beam and horizontal joists
to rear range. Front range, clasped purlin roof. Rear, wind braced side purlin
roof, much repaired.

Listing NGR: TM1241845122

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26574570

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Recommended Books

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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)