Sham Ruin About 230 Metres South South East Of Wall Hall

TQ 19 NW ALDENHAM WALL HALL

6/47 Sham Ruin about 230m - SSE of Wall Hall

GV II

Sham Ruin. c.1800. For G.W.Thelluson. Built with Wall Hall (q.v.). Brick, cement rendered. Picturesque Gothic. Principal wall facing house with 2 return walls. To front: ground floor pointed arch with a square hood mould and flanking blind lancets. Above a large ruinous traceried window the mouldings for which were taken from the Church of St. John the Baptist (q.v.). 2 stage angle buttresses. Rendering incised to resemble ashlar. Right return has a 4-centred arched opening with a moulded surround. See Folly (q.v.). (Pevsner 1977).

Listing NGR: TQ1377299308