Hempshill Hall

SK 54 SW NUTHALL NOTTINGHAM ROAD (north side)

5/53 Hempshill Hall 13.10.66 G.V. II

Country house. C16 and C17, altered early C19 and mid C20. Timber framing cased in brick, rendered. Plain tile and slate roof. 4 ridge, single gable and single rear wall stacks. 2 storeys plus garrets, 8 bays. Windows are mainly C19 and C20 casements. South front has to right, 2 ashlar buttresses, 2 set offs. To left, canted hipped bay window late C19. To its right, 4 margin light French windows. To right again, 2 casements. Above, 8 leaded casements. East gable has to right, lower lean- to addition, C19, and boundary wall. Off-centre C20 door flanked by single casements. Above, 2 casements, that to right C18, leaded. Double west gable has off-centre mid C20 hipped wooden porch, flanked to left by 2 and to right by single casements. Above, 2 casements. Above again, garret casement. Irregular rear elevation has to left, projecting bay with C20 fenestration, linked to garages. To its right, hipped stair enclosure. To right again, single storey L-plan outbuildings. C19 and C20 fenestration. Above, 5 casements, 3 of them leaded. Interior has 2 bay posts, one of them jowled, and 3 stud walls, one with arch braces. Arched tie beam and 4 chamfered span beams. Single purlin principal rafter roof with struts and wind braces. C18 rear and attic winder stairs with square newels. C19 dogleg principal stair, Gothic revival style, with quatrefoils in balustrade. C19 brass and marble fireplaces. ll two panel doors, early C19

Listing NGR: SK5253244049