Cantsfield Hall

CANTSFIELD A687 (off) SD 67 SW

5/68 Cantsfield Hall

GV II

House, 1623, altered. Slobbered rubble with slate roof. Comprises 2 wings abutting at right angles, probably added to an earlier building which has subsequently disappeared. Both wings are of 2 storeys with attic. The original windows had external timber lintels, plain reveals, and ovolo-moulded wooden mullions: a few survive. The east wall of the north block has 2 1st floor windows with timber lintels remaining. At the right on the ground floor is a similar lintel over a blocked opening. Left-hand gable chimney. This south gable wall has traces of blocked doorways on the ground and 1st floors. The left-hand part of the wall is overlapped by the adjoining wing. The right-hand (north) gable has a timber lintel over a ground-floor door and window. On the 1st floor are 2 lintels, the left-hand one over a blocked opening, the right-hand one over a 2-light ovolo-moulded mullioned window. The attic has one window with ovolo-moulded timber surround, and another blocked window. The south wall of the south wing is of 2 bays and has modern windows with plain stone surrounds, except at the left on the ground floor where there is a small high opening with plain reveals. The north wall of this wing has a ground- floor window with timber lintel and ovolo-moulded wooden surround. On the 1st floor is a 3-light window with ovolo-moulded wooden mullions. Interior. North wing has a stone lintel above a modern fireplace, carved with the arms of the Cansfield family and inscr[bed:'ISABEL CANSFIELD ANO DNI 1623. On the 1st floor are timber-framed partitions with depressed ogee doorheads. The roof of the north wing has curved principals. In the north wall is a blocked ovolo-moulded timber cross window.

Listing NGR: SD6201972800