Athelhampton Hall

Athelhampton Hall, Dorset
Athelhampton Hall
Athelhampton Hall: built for William Martyn, c.1495; main south-west entrance on the right date from this time showing porch & oriel bay
Athelhampton Hall: looking south at parlour range (west wing), c.1545; two-storeyed with gable dormers, lozenge panels below with carved surrounds
Athelhampton Hall: the north-east face from the gardens
Athelhampton Hall: Tudor door in the screens-passage
Athelhampton Hall: hall built by William Martyn, d.1504, noted for its roof spanned by three giant trefoils; cusps on arch braces
Athelhampton Hall: oriel window in hall with arms of Martyn (argent two bars gules) impaling their various wives; Clevedon, Farington. Cheverell, Daubeney, Kelloway & Wadham
Athelhampton Hall: antechamber at east end of west wing; modern portrait of Chidiock Tichborne, ex.1586 (associated with the Babington plot)
Athelhampton Hall: great chamber in ground floor room of west wing; c18 panelling, ceiling is modern
Athelhampton Hall: heraldic roundels in the great chamber window featuring the Martyn family
Athelhampton Hall: ground floor west-wing fireplace in detail; dated 1588
Athelhampton Hall: c15 fireplace in state bedroom
Athelhampton Hall: chapel adjoining state bedroom