Mangrove Hall And Attached Outhouses

Mangrove Hall is a house with attached outbuildings, dating from the late 17th century, with renovations occurring in the 19th century when the outbuildings were added. The house is brick-built, incorporating timber framing in the rear wing and framed cross-partitions. The exterior is roughcast, with steep roofs of old red tiles. The outbuildings are of red brick. It is L-shaped, with two storeys, a cellar, and attics. The main facade, facing west, is three windows wide, with a smaller window above a gabled porch. It has casement windows and three gabled dormers on the roof slope. Parapets are present on the end gables. The south side has three windows on each floor, and a side door with a gabled hood on brackets. A small two-storey block has been added next to the gabled stair tower, in the angle of the 'L', with a low, former keeping cellar to the rear. The west front is symmetrical. Inside, a large internal chimney is situated in the middle of the western range, with a lobby entry on the west and a large stair tower on the east. The framing of the attic floor clasps the chimney. The ground floor has chamfered cross-beams with ogee stops. The kitchen wing on the southeast has a parallel outshut to the north, and an east gable chimney with an open fireplace. A service room extends to the east half, open to the roof with an east gable chimney. A closed-string stair continues to the attic. The staircase has turned balusters, square newels with pendants and ball finials. A 18th-century dentilled wooden fire surround with a stone insert is found on the first floor. Moulded plank doors and iron hinges lead to the attics. The roof structure features a clasped-purlin arrangement, with inclined queen-posts and cambered tie-beams at each gable. A plat-band on the east gable of the kitchen wing is now located inside an adjoining outhouse.