Beaumont Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Tendring local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1952. A C17 House. 5 related planning applications.

Beaumont Hall

WRENN ID
kindled-vestry-larch
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Tendring
Country
England
Date first listed
29 April 1952
Type
House
Source
Historic England listing

Description

Beaumont Hall is a house dating to the late 17th century, with alterations in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. It is constructed of red brick in English bond, with some plaster and a roof of handmade red clay tiles. The house has a complex plan, comprising a main block facing northwest, a one-story wing to the right with an attached 20th-century conservatory to the rear, a service range facing northwest to the left, a service crosswing projecting forwards and backwards to the left of the service range, and a 19th-century extension to the rear. A lean-to extension is also present on the left side.

The house is two stories with attics, and has scattered window openings, mainly late 19th- and early 20th-century casements set within segmental arches. Several 12-light sash windows are present on the ground floor. A four-panel door with a plain fanlight is located at the front, protected by a late 19th- or early 20th-century porch with a curvilinear gable. A plain boarded door is found in the service range. A string course runs at first-floor level.

Distinctive architectural features include four curvilinear gables, each formed with a convex quadrant and a concave curve on each side, a segmental head with a string course at its base, and a projecting brick coping. The two gables on the main block have a string course at the base of the gable. Two firemarks from the Sun and Salop Fire Office are attached to the main block. The right wing has a 19th-century sash window within a dormer with a similar curvilinear gable. The rear elevation features three 12-light sashes on the ground floor, a splayed bay with a French window, and two more sashes. Above are four similar sashes and one blocked window aperture; some of the sashes may be 20th-century reproductions, as photographs taken around 1920 show a different window configuration. Two similar curvilinear gables and a dormer are present on the extension.

Inside, there is an open well stair with a moulded handrail and turned balusters. One front ground-floor room in the main block contains 18th-century pine panelling. Block 3 contains early 17th-century oak panelling in a ground-floor room, alongside reused chamfered joists of horizontal section, some with broach stops and some with step stops.

The house is described by Pevsner as a "remarkable and characteristic example of Essex brick architecture of c.1675," although the possible earlier origins suggested in his analysis were based on the joists, which may have been reused from an earlier building. A fountain, previously present, was sold around 1970.

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