Hall, entrance block and unroofed walls attached to south-east and south-west of Michaelchurch Court is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1984. Hall, entrance block.
Hall, entrance block and unroofed walls attached to south-east and south-west of Michaelchurch Court
- WRENN ID
- drifting-flue-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 November 1984
- Type
- Hall, entrance block
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a hall and entrance block, dating from 1866 and designed by G.F. Bodley. It is attached to the south-east and south-west of Michaelchurch Court. The building is constructed of coursed stone rubble with stone dressings, and has a slate roof. It represents a re-interpretation of the late Tudor style, drawing upon remains of an earlier E-plan extension to Michaelchurch Court.
The main south-facing elevation features a ruined wing with a single wall rising to the walltops. The entrance stairs and hall to the east remain roofed. The north wall of the E-plan extension has been demolished, and most of the cross-walls are missing.
The north elevation of the roofless wing incorporates a two-storey porch set between gabled buttresses, accessed by steps. The porch is entered through a moulded four-centred arch, topped by four rectangular panels in moulded surrounds. Above the arch is a four-light mullioned and transomed window. A four-light window to the east of the porch provides side lighting under a relieving arch. A twelve-panelled door provides access.
The south elevation includes a four-light mullioned window on the left, a two-storey canted bay window in the centre with ten lights on each level, and a five-light mullioned and transomed window to the upper right, above a string course. A six-light mullioned and transomed bay window occupies the right-hand gable, accompanied by four-light windows above. An entrance on the east side of the left part of the building is accessible via a four-panelled door set in a square-headed frame with carved wooden spandrels. A second entrance is located on the west side of the right gable, with a four-panelled door set under stone spandrels beside a large stack with paired shafts. The west wall connects to the Court. The east wall features buttresses with offsets, a large stack with coupled shafts, mullioned and transomed windows, and a three-panelled door leading to a cellar with a depressed four-centred head.
Inside, the hall has a machine-made king-post roof, supported by arch braces on wooden corbels. A large contemporary fireplace is built into the west wall. The first floor incorporates deeply moulded, stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops. The cellar contains a dated plaque in Gothic script which identifies Guido Trafford as the patron and G.F. Bodley as the architect: "Guido Trafford hunc domum fieri/fecit anno nostra salvis mdccclxvi/Georgio Frederico Bodley archi".
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