Cleatham Hall

SE 90 SW MANTON CLEATHAM

5/40 - Cleatham Hall

6.11.67

GV II

House. 1855, possibly by J M Hooker of Tunbridge Wells, with C18 or earlier origins and C20 additions. Earlier sections of coursed limestone rubble. C19 sections in brick; rendered throughout. C20 extension in yellow brick. Slate and lead roof, brick stacks. Classical Revival style. 2 storeys, 5 bays 2:1:2. Plinth. Rusticated full-height pilasters with central channel define central entrance bay and angles. Flight of 5 stone steps to panelled door in reveal beneath recessed rectangular panel and carved consoles supporting projecting hood with moulded cornice returned as string- course. Flanked by jamb lights. Sash windows to side bays in raised surrounds with moulded cornices and flat hoods on carved consoles. Door and ground floor windows have wooden blind boxes. Moulded first floor string- course on brackets. First floor: central tripartite arched sash window and pairs of sashes in raised surrounds with recessed rectangular panels beneath and segmental pediments With moulded cornices on carved consoles above. Frieze with panels above pilasters, triglyphs and modillions supporting heavy moulded cornice and parapet above. Right return, forming garden front, has similar full height pilasters, first floor string, entablature and cornice, full height canted bay to right with angle pilasters flanking the sashes, and single ground and first floor tripartite sashes to left with shouldered architraves. C19 interior survives virtually complete, and includes a fine geometrical staircase with stone steps, slender cast-iron balusters, wall-niches, moulded cornice and domed stair light; plaster cornices and ceiling roses in ground floor rooms, and panelled doors, window shutters and dado, grained in 1889. N J Pevsner and R Harris, The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire, 1978, p 311.

Listing NGR: SE9334501647