Somerford Booths Hall

Country House. Dated 1612. The house is constructed of rendered brick with ashlar dressings and a slate roof. It is a two-story building with an attic, and follows an E-shaped double-pile plan.

The front of the house has five bays arranged symmetrically, featuring a central porch wing and an ashlar plinth. The porch has a central doorway with an ashlar surround, bearing the inscription "Edmund Swetenham" on either side of a keystone, along with the inscription "1612/A.D." Above the doorway is a four-light window with an ovolo-moulded surround and mullions, and a gablet above with ashlar kneelers, coping, and ball finials to the sides and apex. Recessed portions of walling flank the ground floor, each containing a five-light window with an ovolo-moulded surround and transom. Similar four-light windows are present on the first floor. The projecting lateral wings also feature five-light mullioned windows at ground floor level, and similar four-light windows on the first floor, all with ovolo-moulded surrounds, as well as ashlar springers, coping, and ball finials. The main body of the hall extends above the lateral wings to the attic floor, where three further gables are set behind each wing, echoing the design with ashlar springers, coping, and ball finials, and each containing a three-light ovolo-moulded window. Windows to the right of the central porch have hood surrounds and appear to be of 19th century date, while those to the left have ashlar surrounds. The left-hand side has four bays, with two bays at the right surmounted by gables, a bay at the far left also beneath a gable, and a bay slightly projecting with a flat parapet. Ground floor level features four sets of 19th-century French windows with four-centred arches to each light. The first-floor windows are sash windows with 4 x 4 panes.

The rear of the house has five bays symmetrically disposed, with the two bays at each side set beneath gables and the central bay having a flat parapet. There are two 19th-century cross-windows on each side at ground floor level, with four-centred arches to each light. The first floor contains two two-light windows at each side, with four-centred heads to each light. The attic has a two-light casement window to each gable. A late 19th-century canted bay window of red sandstone ashlar is centrally located at ground floor level, featuring four lights in the center and single lights at the angles, ovolo-moulded mullions, two transoms, and a trefoil head to each light. A four-light casement window with ovolo-moulded mullions and a transom is present at first floor level. An extensive single-story 20th-century addition adjoins the front at the left.