Old Beech Hyde And Adjoining Barn

TL 11 SE SANDRIDGE BEECH HYDE LANE (east side) COLEMAN GREEN

6/350 Old Beech Hyde and adjoining barn - - II

House. Late C15 hall house with mid C17 cross wing on E. Cased in red brick in later C18. Plain tile roof. 1 storey and attics on left, 2 storeys and attic on left, 2 storeys and attic on right. The left side is 2 windows and contains a 2-bay former open hall and a 1 bay contemporary cross wing. The front has 3 C18 leaded casements, each 4 lights in segmental heads. 2 similar casements to gabled dormers on left. C20 timber frame tiled porch. Wing has rebuilt attic. Left part has plinth and floor band. Large external mid C17 chimney stack to E wall of wing: tall base with high plinth and shallow off-sets. 2 diagonal-set shafts with moulded bases and corbelled tops. Hall range has stack of same date, probably rebuilt from earlier base: 4 square shafts in cruciform plan. Internally, the bay next to the C17 wing has late C16 moulded floor beams. Clasped purlin roof above. Hall is divided from this bay by a smoke-blackened partition abutting E wall of inserted stack. Unmoulded inserted floor beam to W bay. The C17 wing has a good open staircase at rear, the newels with diamond finials. Circa 1980 extensions on W connect with a C19 barn range to form an L plan. (RCHM Typescript).

Listing NGR: TL1862712619