The Old Hall

BARTLOW DEAN ROAD TL 5845 (East Side) 17/39 The Old Hall 22.11.67 (formerly listed as Bartlow Hall) GV II Manor House. Late C16, extended on south side C18. Timber- framed, plaster rendered and tiled roofs. Ridge stack rebuilt above the roof of three octagonal linked shafts. Double ended hall house. Main range of two storeys. Two hipped full dormers and two modern ground floor hung sashes. Modern porch to front door. East crosswing of two storeys. Some red brick to south yable end. Two modern windows to north front. West crosswing of two storeys and attic. Two projecting red brick chimney stacks to west wall. One to the south side has clunch quoins with two octagonal shafts. Modern fenestration in north front. There is a stair turret, gabled at the rear of the main block possibly an addition in C17, and other additions of C18 forming a cellar and store, also at the rear. Interior: Main range has little C16 timber exposed. West crosswing has ovolo moulded main beams with enrichment. Ogee moulded jambs and flat head to clunch fireplace. Mid C18 staircase of two flights with column-on-vase balusters, clustered at the newel. Moulded rail and closed string. At first floor there is another clunch fireplace similar to that on ground floor. Posts have jowled heads in both crosswings. One in east crosswing has ogee moulding to soffit of main post in centre truss.

R.C.H.M. Record Card (1952)

Listing NGR: TL5852645149