Lambourne Hall

TQ 4696-4796 LAMBOURNE CHURCH LANE, 7/15 Lambourne Hall 27.8.52 GV II

Manor house, mid to late C16, extended in C18 and C20. Timber framed, plastered, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. 5 bays, aligned approx. NE-SW) aspect SE, with 2 rear chimney stacks. Parallel range to rear, C18, and single- storey lean-to extension beyond that. NE crosswing 1937. Single-storey SW extension, C18/19 and lean-to extension with slate roof in angle. 2 storeys with attics. 6-panel flush door in plain Doric porch, C18, all windows C20. 3 hipped dormers. Some framing exposed internally. The present front range comprises a 3-bay storeyed 'hall', with 2-bay parlour/solar to NE. The original service end has gone. Plain C16 panelling at the SW end of the 'hall', axial beam, plain-chamfered joists with step stops, carved doorhead of Tudor arcature at N corner leading into parlour, now blocked by inserted stair, original wide hearth with brickwork substantially replaced at ground floor level. In parlour, axial beam with roll mouldings and converging stops, joists with double ogee mouldings Overmantel in parlour and panelling in rear room next to it introduced from Marks Hall, COggeshall (demolished 1950) with some reproduction panelling. Roof structure not exposed. Original plain stair in rear range. Panelling and a carved stone fire surround removed from this house in 1917 are now in the Tudor and Stuart Room of the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight. RCHM 3.

Listing NGR: TQ4777196210