Pounce Hall

Pounce Hall is a house dating to the early 17th century, with a later 17th-century wing and an early 18th-century extension. It is constructed of timber frame and plaster with peg-tiled roofs and red brick stacks, and has a plan that is L-shaped. The front, south elevation is divided into three sections. The westernmost section is a tall gabled two-storey and attic unit. It has a central two-window range with a C19 rebuilt stack, and a ground-floor cant bay window containing sashes with 2x4, 3x2, and 2x4 panes. The first floor has paired sash windows, each with 6x4 panes, and the attic has a sash window with 3x3 panes. Weatherboard cladding is above the first-floor and attic windows. The central section has C19 sash windows with 4x4 panes, and a C20 door. The easternmost section is a lower extension block with a single casement window with 2x2 panes. The rear, north elevation of the central unit has a rear out-shut with a catslide roof, two skylights, and a ramped lead roof dormer window with a 2-light casement. A C20 boarded door and a 3-light casement window are also present. The western wing has a large central C19 stack and an adjacent stair tower that rises to the attic. The wing’s attic has a single sash window with 3x2 panes. The eastern unit (extension) has a flat-roofed rear extension with a corrugated plastic roof. The north elevation of the wing contains three ground-floor and two first-floor C20 3-light casement windows, each with 6x5 panes. The east elevation of the extension has protruding purlins and wall plates, and an attic sliding sash window with 2x2 panes. The interior of the central section (dating to the early 17th century) features two-cell plan with a central chimney bay and back-to-back timber lintelled fireplaces, with a bread oven to the rear. Jowled posts, primary bracing, bladed scarf joints in wall plates, and stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops are visible, along with lamb's tongue chamfer stops on the joists. The wing has a butt side purlin roof. The newel stair in the tower is of a plain and robust form. The extension has slender 18th-century framing. A rear lean-to features a brick floor. Fragments of basket pargetting remain at the east end of the central block, now obscured by 18th-century additions.