Description

TM 36 NE YOXFORD

10/131 The Gatehouse, Cockfield 25.10.51 Hall (Previously listed as II* Cockfield Hall Gatehouse under The Street) GV Gatehouse to Cockfield Hall. Mid C16. Rectangular plan with staircase projection to rear. Red brick, formerly plastered, plaintiles. 2 storeys. Symmetrical facade to north with a ground floor window to each side of the entrance arch and a single window above; mullion and transom casement windows with diamond leaded panes, splayed reveals, square hood moulds; 4-centre moulded entrance arch with square hood mould over. Crowstepped gables; each gable has an external stack with a single circular flue enriched with moulded brick ornament, the caps missing; the shoulders of the stacks have further crowstepping. Inside the entrance arch is a recess containing a terracotta bust of a man in C16 costume; this was brought here from Westwood Lodge, Blythburgh. First floor with original panelling and one stone fireplace; unusual wood corbels in the form of carved heads have been added to support the end roof trusses.

Listing NGR: TM3961069152

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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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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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014