Description

SJ 87 NE PRESTBURY C.P. CHELFORD ROAD
(South Side)

5/188 Normans Hall

14/4/1967
II

Formerly farmhouse, now house: mid-late C16 with C17 additions, brick
repairs of early C18, alterations and additions dated 1921 by Henry
Boddington. Partly timber-framed on stone plinth, partly brick.
Kerridge stone-slate roof. 1 massive rubble chimney and 2 brick all
with Tudor-style stacks. L-shaped plan. South range is original
house having 2-storey, 4 bay, north front. Right end bay is cross
wing on ashlar plinth. Ground storey has 6-light ovolo-moulded wooden
mullioned and transomed windows with lattice-leaded glazing and
chevroning in the timber framing. Coved jetty with quatrefoil
piercing and carved brackets at the end. Above is similar C20 window
with chevron and roundels in framing. Tie beam has applied mouldings
and cross motifs in gable with ornately pierced barge-boards and
finial of 1921. Remaining 3 bays on rubble plinth have small timber
framing. C20 wood mullioned windows and modern Tudor-style doorcase.
To sides and rear repairs in brick and weather-boarded added cross
wing. Long brick east range is remodelled farm building and at
junction timber-framed gabled bay dated 1921.
Interior: Parlour has bead moulded ceiling beams. (2 original and 2
copied). 4-centred arched stone fireplace a C20 copy but similar
original in room above. This has a 7-panelled door, with reeded
rails, and a 3-board cupboard door. Hall has deeply chamfered ceiling
beam with quirk and tongue stops and in room above is truss of tiebeam
with 2 diagonal struts.

Listing NGR: SJ8880376236

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Normans Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7053091

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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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