Fillongley Old Hall

FILLONGLEY CHAPEL GREEN SP28NE (East side) 6/18 Fillongley Old Hall - II House. Early C16, remodelled and extended c.1840. Timber-framed, cased or rebuilt in red brick, Flemish bond, part rendered, with sandstone ashlar to 2 gables on the front. Plain-tiled roofs with end parapets on moulded kneelers. 4 bay main range with cross-passage at rear of stack. 3 rear gables are all of c.1840. 2 storeys. Centre block of red brick. Segmental arches to two 4-light cross-frame casements. Centre porch of c.1840. Sandstone ashlar with gabled roof with end parapet on kneelers. 4-centred outer arch. The porch is symmetrical with the front elevation but the doorway is slightly off-centre. C19 doorway on site of the original C16 entry to the cross-passage. 2 symmetrically disposed c.1840 ashlar 2-storey gables with end parapets. Each has, at first floor, a blind cross-frame casement and at ground floor a similar window, glazed. The gables to the rear wall are also 1840 and of red brick. Interior: Roof of main range. C16. 4 bays with 2 intact partition walls in the roof. Close-set vertical studding. Roof has clasped side purlins, jointed at the principals and wind bracing, some removed. Inglenook fireplace. Cellar at south end probably beneath the original solar, early C16 or possibly earlier. Walls of coursed and squared sandstone and roof vaulted with similar material. In south-east corner a four-centred arch with iron fittings and draw-bar holes. On the outer side the doorway has a broad chamfer. Entry to the cellar was originally probably from a newel stair-turret, fragments of which may remain, leading from the solar.

Listing NGR: SP2687485320