New Hall

CLAYTON-LE-DALE SD 63 NE 1/16 New Hall 27-8-1952 - II* House, 1665. Sandstone rubble with stone slate roof now largely missing. L-plan. A symmetrical composition of 3 storeys, with one gabled bay on each side of 3-storey gabled porch. Windows double-chamfered with mullions and hoods. Those to the outer bays are of 4 lights except for the left- hand one on the ground floor which is of 5. The porch has a window of 3 lights on the 1st floor and 2 on the 2nd floor. Above the 1st floor window is a stone panel carved with a dog. The outer porch doorway has a chamfered surround with 'GT [George Talbot] 1665' inscribed on the lintel. The inner door surround is chamfered with a cambered head. Gables coped with kneelers. Chimney, with brick cap, on ridge in line with right-hand side of porch. Central part of left-hand gable wall now collapsed (June 1985). The rear wall of this south-west part of the house has a 2-light window on the ground and 1st floors. At the left, viewed from the rear, is a gabled wing which has a Cl9 ground-floor window with plain stone surround and flat-faced mullion. On each of the other floors there is a 4-light and a 2-light C17 window, the right-hand one on the 1st floor blocked. At the left is a C19 single-storey gabled porch. The outer doorway has a chamfered stone surround with Tudor arch. The north-east gable wall of the house has 3 ground-floor windows with plain reveals, a blocked C17 window on the 1st floor and a 2-light 2nd floor window. Interior not fully accessible at time of survey. Front door opens into a corridor between 2 solid walls. At the rear of this is a Cl9 dog-leg stair with stick balusters. To the right of the corridor are 2 rooms, a smaller one at the front, and a larger one at the rear which has boxed beams and a fireplace with C19 grate. To the left of the corridor the main room is largely filled by debris and has a collapsed boxed beam.

Listing NGR: SD6620935418