Hoo Hole Farmhouse And Rear Wing Attached To Hoo Hole House

This is a late 16th-century cross-wing farmhouse with an early 18th-century rear kitchen wing, originally part of a larger hall range. The hall range has been replaced by a largely unremarkable late 19th-century house. The cross-wing is constructed of large dressed stone with a stone slate roof. It features a coped gable with kneelers and a 6-light double chamfered mullioned window, notable for its deep outer chamfer, cavetto moulded mullions, central king mullion, and hoodmould with straight returns. The left-hand return wall has two inserted doorways. The rear wing has an 8-light double chamfered mullioned window with two king mullions and almost square reveals, alongside a 5-light chamfered mullioned window serving the first floor. The rear elevation shows a depressed Tudor arched lintel over the doorway, an altered window with a 6-light chamfered mullioned window above it to the first floor, and a gable stack. A well-dressed stack is located on the cross-wing’s ridge. The interior of the cross-wing includes a chamfered post on stylobat with curved braces to the hall arcade, a tie-beam of king post truss with vertical struts, a very large straight chamfered brace to the ridge, and remnants of painted plasterwork, likely from the mid-16th century, featuring lunettes and arabesques. This represents a rare survival of historic features.