The Hall Farmhouse

COSTOCK CHURCH LANE SK 52 NE (north side) 5/4 The Hall Farmhouse 14.5.52 II Farmhouse. Early C17 with later alterations, Mid C18 extension, mid C20 restorations. Coursed rubble and red brick, ashlar dressings. Concrete pantile and plain tile roofs. Entrance front of C17 coursed rubble build with single rubble stack to the left. Right corner with ashlar quoins. Single sloping buttress to the right. 2 storeys plus garret, 3 bays, the right 2 bays being gabled, the left single bay slightly projects. Ground floor moulded ashlar lintel band. Tudor arched doorway with double wooden doors, reveal and flush ashlar quoin surround. To the right is a single 2 light casement and further right a single 4 light casement. Above is a single 3 light casement with single 4 light casement to the right, all windows with mullioins. In the garret is a single single light casement. To the left and set back is the C18 red brick and plain tile 2 storey, single bay wing with red brick gable stack and dentil eaves. Single segmental arched casement on each floor. Lane/east front of 2 storeys plus attic, 5 bays. Coursed rubble with some red brick patching. Single red brick stack to front. The single bay second from the right is a large external coursed rubble stack with red brick shaft. Right corner of this front with stepped clasping buttresses. Remains of moulded ashlar first floor band. The left 3 bays with similar ground floor lintel band. Single 3 light C17 ashlar mullion casement, to the right is a single single light C17 ashlar casement, a single 2 light mullion casement and further right, contained within the stack, is a single single light casement, the single bay on the far right has no openings. Above is a single 2 light casement. Attic has a single hipped roof dormer with single 4 light casement. Most casements with lead glazing bars. Interior has a Tudor arched doorway with panelled spandrels now part blocked and containing a window. Tudor chamfered arched ashlar fireplace with relieving arch. Many chamfered beams.

Listing NGR: SK5752326486