West Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 February 1987. A C16 House. 2 related planning applications.

West Hall

WRENN ID
keen-alcove-khaki
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Breckland
Country
England
Date first listed
18 February 1987
Type
House
Source
Historic England listing

Description

West Hall is a house dating back to the 16th century, with additions from the 17th and 18th centuries. The main structure has a timber frame, largely rendered over, with a returned masonry gable-end constructed of ashlar with quoins. A colourwashed brick and flint addition from the 17th century and a clunch addition from the 18th century are also present. The roofs are covered in pantiles. The house originally comprised a simple wing to which a 17th-century side addition and an 18th-century block at right angles were added, creating an L-shaped plan. The original wing is two stories high with an attic. Both facades are jettied, with a moulded bressumer on the east (entrance) facade only. A late 18th-century front door is positioned off-centre, accompanied by three contemporary sash windows with glazing bars on the ground floor. The first floor features several blocked original hollow-chamfered mullion windows; these include one of two lights, two of two lights, one of three lights, and a taller, apparently contemporary, two-light mullion and transom window. Three gabled dormers with shaped barge boards are also present. The south gable-end has a stack and one original two-light hollow-chamfered mullion window, beneath a rectangular hood mould on the eastern return, with three modern openings on the gable-end itself. A 17th-century lean-to stair outshut is on the west side, featuring a 18th-century three-light window with a metal casement.

The rear facade includes one 18th-century three-light mullion and transom window with metal casements; a 20th-century flat-roofed, single-storeyed extension is also present. Evidence of original close-studding can be seen on the first floor and a small section of ground floor. Several blocked original mullioned windows are visible, alongside three modern two-light windows with metal casements and one late 19th-century sash window. A 17th-century staged external stack is present, with a rebuilt gable-end chimney shaft. The 17th-century side extension has two stories and a later shallow-pitched roof, retaining the original steeply-pitched gable parapet. It has two 18th-century mullion and transom windows with metal casements on the west side (two and three lights), three modern first-floor windows (one blocked), three two-light casements, and one two-light diamond mullion window on the east side, as well as a gable-end stack. The 18th-century wing is not considered to be of particular interest.

Inside the original wing, the bridging joists are roll and hollow roll moulded. A fine 17th-century dog-leg stair with shaped board balusters is a prominent feature, along with a 17th-century chamfered arched fireplace on the first floor and an 18th-century duck's nest fire grate. The roof is a clasped purlin roof with an inserted floor/ceiling. The 17th-century side addition contains an extraordinarily elaborate late-Medieval carved bridging joist with deeply undercut helical leaf patterns, part of a set of three transverse bridging joists. Many of the common joists have been replaced.

The building is also situated within the parish of Mundford.

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