Shellow Hall

Shellow Hall is a house dating from the early 17th century, with significant alterations in the mid-17th century and early 19th century. It is constructed of timber framing, plastered with peg tile roofs. The house is arranged as an 'L' shaped complex, comprising a north-facing main block and a large wing to the south-east. The main front features a gabled peg tile roof with a gable end stack at the west end, and single-storey, hipped roofed sections at each end. The first floor has three square double-hung sash windows with small panes and moulded surrounds, over two similar windows. A central door surround from the early 19th century has a flat hood. The single-storey section has one similar window, and a further window formerly existed in the west block. The west gable is partially tile-hung. A large 17th-century brick stack projects from the east wing, notable for its concertina angled shafts and stepped 'fins' on the outer edge. At the rear is a further two-storey, gabled block with a peg tile roof and an east flank wall stack. This block has original early 17th-century carved and moulded bargeboards on its north end, is partly underbuilt with 19th-century red brick on its east side, and has black weatherboarding on its south-facing gable. The interior of the main block reveals an underlying timber frame, likely dating to the mid-17th century, featuring hollow chamfered, jowled storey posts, with most posts unjowled, alongside a double side purlin roof. There’s evidence of superficial modernisation from the early 19th century. The rear block consists of three bays and contains an interesting butt purlin roof with low flat wind braces and high-mounted tenoned collars at each primary truss. This box framed structure, previously used as a kitchen and brewhouse, includes a wide timber mantle beamed fireplace with a copper and bread oven. Within the roof space of the linking block is a mid-17th-century window, now enclosed within later construction, but retaining all original fittings and diamond-leaded lights. Some fragments of old pargeting remain on the exterior, along with remains of a figure-of-eight moat.