Wigmore Hall

Wigmore Hall is a house dating back to the 16th century, with alterations and extensions in the 18th century and restoration in the mid- to late 20th century. The house is timber-framed with rendered infill on a rubble base, with painted brick walling at the north end; it has a plain tiled roof, half-hipped at the south end, incorporating a large rubble stack on the east side of the ridge. The building is arranged in a T-plan, with a central block, a small east wing (likely originally a porch), and a large chimney at the south end. A portion of the north-west block may also date from the 16th century. In the 18th century, the house was extended by two framed bays to the south, and a large north cross-wing was added in the 20th century, potentially replacing an earlier structure.

The original part of the house exhibits close-set studding and a jettied first floor supported by a moulded bressummer on the east side. The east wing has square panels on the ground floor side elevations and on the first floor. Short straight braces are present in the upper and lower corners of the first floor, and the first floor is jettied on shaped brackets at the gable end. The collar and tie-beam truss above is also slightly jettied and features three struts to the collar and a V-strut above. The 18th-century extension consists of irregular rows of rectangular panels, three and four from sill to wall-plate. A large gabled half-dormer just south of the main chimney incorporates a collar and tie-beam truss similar to that in the east wing, and is a later addition. Modern leaded casement windows are throughout.

The east front has three 3-light windows on the ground floor and an oriel window with a coved base, brattished sill and moulded cornice on the first floor, alongside another 3-light window. A 20th-century door occupies the main entrance beneath the oriel window. The east wing features a ground floor oriel window with a moulded sill and a 3-light first floor window, with single-light windows on the side elevations. The 18th-century section includes a 2-light and a 3-light basement window, two 3-light ground floor windows, and the half-dormer’s 5-light window. The gable end of the 20th-century cross-wing contains two 2-light windows and a single-light window on the ground floor, with a 3-light window above.

The interior includes some reused 17th-century panelling in a ground floor room at the south end and a possible 17th-century fireback in the fireplace. A ground floor room in the east wing is said to contain concealed 16th-century wall-paintings, now hidden behind 20th-century panelling.