Lower Hall Cottages

SD 78 44 DOWNHAM DOWNHAM VILLAGE

13/35 No. 1 Lower Hall Cottages 13-2-1967 GV II

House, probably early C19th with late C16th remains. Rubble, mainly limestone, with stone slate roof. 3 storeys. To the left of the door are mullioned windows with an inner hollow chamfer and an outer casement moulding. The ground-floor one is of 5 lights; those on the 1st and 2nd floors are of 6 lights each. To the right of the door are chamfered mullioned windows of C19th type, one on each floor, with 4 lights on the ground floor, 3 lights on the flat floor and 2 lights on the 2nd floor. The door has a chamfered stone surround. To the right of the door are traces of a blocked window. Also to the right of the door, on the 1st and 2nd floor, is a straight joint. Chimneys to left of door and at right of house. The rear (north-west) wall borders the garden of Downham Hall and is blank apart from a ground-floor outshut. Within an open section of this outshut, in the rear wall of the house, is a deeply-moulded doorway with ogee head. The door itself is of plank construction with bands of studs and with 2 decorative iron straps. Interior. The western room has a late C18th fireplace with tooled false keystone and moulded stone mantel.

Listing NGR: SD7844444182