Outbuilding And Adjoining Walls To North, South And East At Hall Farm

This is a former stable with combined living accommodation, dating to the early 17th century. It originally belonged to Sustead Hall, which has since been demolished. The building is constructed of English bond brick and flint, with a pantile roof. It has a rectangular plan, composed of two main sections.

The north-facing facade is two stories high, with a former attic in the eastern half. A flint plinth runs along the base. The window and door openings have chamfered reveals, with remnants of stucco ashlar detailing. The ground floor likely originally housed two stables. The eastern doorway features a four-centred arch, flanked by windows, one of which is blocked but retains a central moulded brick mullion. The western doorway also has a four-centred arch and windows on either side, one now blocked with a surviving central mullion. The first floor has five openings, the easternmost of which is blocked but still has a brick mullion. A sawtooth brick cornice sits above, topped by moulded brick kneelers on stepped parapet gables. A part-external gable end stack is located on the east side, with corbels at first floor level, culminating in an octagonal shaft with a star-shaped top.

South-facing doorways mirror those on the north facade, each with a four-centred arch and remnants of brick hood moulds. A small light with a hood mould is to the east of the eastern doorway; a blocked western doorway has a small, blocked light to its left. Two slit ventilation holes, likely relating to a former hayloft, are situated at the eastern end of the first floor. The western half of the building features two windows. The western gable wall has a large, now blocked, opening at first floor level, while the eastern gable wall contains a four-centred arched doorway at its northern end, with a blocked window to its left. A smaller blocked window is located to the right of the corbelled stack at first floor level. Two blocked attic lights are also present. All windows on this gable wall are blocked with rendered brick and retain hood moulds.

Inside, a staircase with 17th-century turned balusters and a moulded handrail (now out of its original position) is visible. An arched fireplace with a four-centred arch is found in the eastern room on the first floor. The western half of the roof dates to the 17th century and features two rows of butt purlins, collars, and wind braces; the eastern half was rebuilt in the 18th century.

Running east from the southeast corner of the main building is a 17th-century diapered brick wall, approximately 15 meters long. A further English bond brick wall with a flint plinth extends south from this point. A 17th-century brick wall, now broken through and standing on a flint plinth, runs north from the northeast corner, joining and forming a T-shape with a contemporary wall approximately 10 meters long. All of this 17th-century walling is now integrated into later farm buildings.