Gressingham Hall And Former Stables Adjoining

Gressingham Hall is a house dating largely to the late 17th century, with extensions added in the mid-18th century. It is constructed of rubble stone with a stone slate roof. The original part consists of a front range with rear wings arranged parallel to each other. It is two storeys with an attic, and has five bays, marked by two drip courses. The windows are mullioned, with two lights, and have rebated and chamfered surrounds. The attic has small windows in bays two and four only. The central bay features a door with a moulded surround and a shaped lintel. Gable copings include kneelers, and the chimneys have weathered offsets. Mullioned windows are visible on both return walls of the rear wings. A two-bay extension, likely of the 18th century, is set back to the right; it has 2-light attic windows with rebated and chamfered surrounds. The first floor has sash windows with glazing bars and architraves, while the ground floor window is of three lights with flat-faced mullions. The left-hand bay of this section has a door with a cyma-moulded surround beneath a stone porch with pilasters. Adjoining to the right is a two-storey former coach house and stable, which is now integrated into the main house. The coach house has a wide moulded doorway with an elliptical arch and keystone, now blocked and containing a smaller door. Above is a window with an architrave featuring a round head and keystone. A modern garage entrance replaces part of the original structure, with a single bay retaining two-light, flat-faced mullioned windows. Inside, the right-hand front room has a bolection-moulded stone fireplace. The left-hand rear wing contains an open-well staircase rising to the attic, and features barley-sugar balusters, a moulded handrail, and square newels with ball finials. The 18th-century extension includes a shouldered fireplace with a moulded cornice mantel, a pine staircase with a closed string and splat balusters, and a first-floor room with raised and fielded panelling. The stone fireplace in this room is flanked by fluted pilasters and topped with a small swan-necked pediment. The roof over this section of the house is supported by 18th-century-style hardwood king post trusses.