Hemington Hall With Ruined Wall To East

Hemington Hall is a house incorporating a hall dating back to the 14th century, which was altered in the mid-16th century and the early 19th century, and further extended in the early and late 19th centuries. It is part of a much larger medieval manorial complex, of which a wall fragment survives at the east end of the later extensions. The hall itself is constructed of rubble stone with a tiled roof, and features a rebuilt brick chimney shaft.

The building is divided into two storeys dating from the 16th century. A mid-16th century doorway leads to a cross passage, featuring double-chamfered jambs and a four-centred stone arch, with a 19th-century boarded door with arched panels and studs. Above this doorway is a 16th-century two-light window with a chamfered stone mullion and surround. An off-set buttress is located to the right of the passage, in line with the chimney. Much of the fenestration was altered in the early 19th century, but fragments of 16th-century stone window surrounds remain. The ground floor has a central tripartite sash window, while the upper storey has two three-pane sashes. A 19th-century door on the right has flush panels and 20th-century glazing to the upper part, set within a wooden architrave frame. The right gable end was totally rebuilt in the early 20th century. The rear of the building contains a 14th-century doorway with a chamfered two-centred arch leading to the cross passage, with altered fenestration.

Attached to the east are two 19th-century brick extensions; the one to the front is an early 19th-century two-storey range with a canted bay window and sash to the left bay. The right part of this range was formerly outbuildings, with irregular blocked and altered openings, and a three-pane sash to the first-floor centre. A rear extension is from the late 19th century.

Attached to the extreme east end of the building is a short length of wall constructed in two stone skins; the north skin has a partly rebuilt two-centred chamfered stone archway. The wall terminates in a pier with massive corbel stones and a projecting jamb, chamfered on one side, which once formed part of a large gateway.

Internally, a large 16th-century fireplace has moulded stone jambs and an altered wooden lintel. A smaller fireplace is located in a chamber over the cross passage, supported by stone corbels with a wooden lintel. Throughout the house, 16th-century floor timbers remain, featuring heavy chamfered main beams and fine wide stop-chamfered joists. Close-studded partitions from the 16th century are visible in the upper storey and over the passage wall in the attic. The roof has double purlins, wind-braces, tie beams, and high collars.