Description

TL 67 SE MILDENHALL WAMIL

8/86 Wamil Hall
(Formerly listed under
7.5.54 General
- II

House, late C16, with truncations and alterations of c.1900 and c.1955, both
following serious fires. Probably built for Sir Henry Warner (d.1617). From
the south (garden) front:- 2 storeys, partly with attics. The range to left
of clunch, formerly rendered, with limestone dressings; set-forward plinth of
red brick with limestone dressings. Parapet gables with moulded limestone
copings and ball finials on plinths. To right is a brick-nogged timber-framed
service wing of 2 bays; to right again is a rendered extension probably of
c.1900. Plaintiled roofs with C20 hipped plaintiled casement dormers. 3 axial
C16 or C17 chimneys of red brick with square flues; moulded caps and bases,
perhaps restored. The left-hand range has a number of limestone windows with
moulded mullions and labels above. To left is the truncated walling of the
destroyed central staircase block. The north entrance front has 6 C16
limestone mullioned windows and central entrance doorway with square moulded
head and label above; boarded and battened original oak door. One room has
full oak wainscotting and good fireplace surround, all of c.1900, but perhaps
with fragments of earlier work; moulded 1st floor beams of C16.

Listing NGR: TL6955774403

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26634463

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Devon (Pevsner 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)