The Hall

SP 8699-8799 UPPINGHAM HIGH STREET EAST 4/45 (south side)

10.11.55 No 56 (The Hall) GV II*

Large house, now boarding house for Uppingham School. Dated 1612 (though datestone is a replacement) with later alterations and additions. Ashlar, with Collyweston stone slate roof,coped gables and moulded stone ridge and end stacks. Main block U-plan. South front,remodelled C18, is of ironstone ashlar with paler band between storeys. Nine window range. 6/6 sash windows in raised architraves. Off-centre door in shouldered architrave with cornice and pediment over. North front 1-3-1 with projecting gables. Left hand gable has datestone: blocked 2-light ovolo-moulded stone-mullioned window and 9/9 sash window beneath, in raised architrave. Right hand gable has a similar blocked window and 2 6/6 sash windows. Central part, extended C18, has 2 storeys of 6/6 sash windows and projecting central porch. Original wall survives inside and retains part of 3-light mullioned window. Wing to north-east, C17 in origin (to level of cornice) heightened C19, has gabled stair turret in angle and ovolo-moulded stone-mullioned windows. Tall C19 wing to west and long C19 wing to north. Interior damaged by fire c.1970, but retains 2 stone 4-centred arched fireplaces (reset) and a fully-panelled room (the panelling of 2 periods, probably c.1700 and mid C18) with a fine mid C18 fireplace. Other panelling was imported to replace that lost in the fire.

Listing NGR: SP8684799610