Description

BENTLEY WITH ARKSEY MARSH LANE
SE 50 NE (north side),
Arksey

7/58 Arksey Hall
10.12.59 including West Wing
(formerly listed as
Arksey Hall)
II
Large house now 2 dwellings. Rebuilt early C19 on earlier core. Cement-
rendered, C20 tile roof. 2 storeys, 5 x 5 bays; double-pile plan with
single-storey addition to right return. Tuscan-columned stone porch to left
of centre enclosing part-glazed door with margin-glazed overlight.
Bays 1 and 5 have projecting stone-sills to 16-pane sashes in flush wooden
architraves, bays 2 and 4 with later casements. 1st floor: stained glass to
margin-glazed sash over porch; round-headed stair-window sash with glazing
bars on left; bay 4 has casement; bays 1 and 5 as on ground floor.
Overhanging eaves to hipped roof with corniced stack at eaves on left and
2 ridge stacks. Addition set back on right has graduated slate roof.
Left return: central door with canopy, otherwise plain sashes,
Right return: 6-panel door and plain fanlight beneath round arch; 3-light
horizontally sliding sash on left; unequally-hung, 20-pane sash and sash with
glazing bars to ist floor.

Interior; early C19 staircase, panelled door architraves etc; fine set of
glazed, mahogany-veneered cupboards in room to rear. Front room to right of
entrance has altered C17 fireplace with lintel having carved Tudor roses and
motto 'Ne Vite Velis'; above a wooden overmantel with 8 lozenge-carved panels
and date '1653 / IAC' in triangular-panelled head carved with griffins.

Listing NGR: SE5805007089

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26575368

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)