Bury Hall

TL 3337 9/117 27.5.68

THERFIELD PEDLARS LANE (Southwest side) Therfield Bury Hall

GV II

House. Early to mid C17, extended 1782. Timber frame, rendered with some colourwashed brick casing. Tiled roofs. 6 bay early range, possibly 2 or more builds with 5 bay lobby entry late C18 block at right angles to form an L. All 2 storeys. Brick fronted C18 block has central entrance with a bracketed hood, ground floor 18 pane sashes with segmental heads, first floor 8:4 pane sashes, all recessed. Plinth, pilaster strips flanking central bay and at ends. Steeply pitched hipped roof. Large internal axial stack on rear slope with offsets and panel inscribed 'MH 1782'. To rear ground floor sashes and an entrance, first floor 2 light casements. Attached to front left is lower early range. 1 bay projects forward with a gable end early external stack with multiple offsets, tumbled-in brickwork. Left return has 1,2 and 3 light small pane casements, small sashes, all flush frames, an entrance with a bracketed hood to left of centre and an added external stack. Inner elevation of early range has brick plinth, ground floor weatherboarding, 1,2,3 and 4 light casements and an entrance with a coved hood on trellised supports. Ridge stack between 2 far bays. Weatherboarded gable to rear. Extending to rear on same axis a long low weatherboarded outbuilding with a pantiled roof. Interior: lobby entry straight to stairs with diagonally set fireplaces to rear in flanking rooms. (Pevsner 1977).

Listing NGR: TL3339937156