Toppinghoe Hall

TL 71 SE HATFIELD PEVEREL TERLING HALL ROAD (west side)

5/89 Toppinghoe Hall 2.5.53

GV II

One wing of a house, now a house. Late C16, altered in C17 and C20. Mainly timber framed and plastered, one wall of red brick in English bond, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. 5 bays aligned NE-SW, with axial stack in second bay from SW end. At NE end, C20 extensions to SE forming a T-plan. 2 storeys. The SW gable end is of late C16 brick. Ground floor, one C20 sash. First floor, one original 4-light window with ovolo-moulded. jambs, mullion and transom, square head and moulded label, all cement-rendered, the outer lights blocked. In attic gable, one original 3-light window with ovolo-moulded jambs and mullions, all cement-rendered, blocked. Above, square recessed panel, blank, and rebuilt brick pinnacle. Other external features all C20. On ground floor of SW wing, one large wood-burning hearth with depressed arch facing SW, stripped and repaired, and back to back with it, large wood-burning hearth with chamfered mantel beam with lamb's tongue stops, both of 0.33 metre brickwork. On first floor, smaller wood-burning hearth with depressed arch and chamfered jambs, stripped and blocked. Jowled posts, face-halved and bladed scarfs in wallplates. Roof apparently rebuilt in softwood, not fully examined. RCHM 3.

Listing NGR: TL7731211565