Flordon Hall

TM 19 NE FLORDON

5/16 Flordon Hall 2/10/51 - II*

Farmhouse. Arms on porch of Robert Kemp and Dorothy née Harris thus 1595 - 1612. Rendered and underbuilt timber frame with a brick porch and brick gable-ends to wings. Some C19 brick facing to side and rear. Plaintiled and pantiled roofs. Symmetrical E plan. 2 storeys and attics. Polygonal angle buttresses with moulded stone finials to porch and wings. Porch with ovolo-moulded semi-circular headed arch contained within an ogee-moulded flat-headed surround and surmounted by a moulded pediment. Fenestration mainly C19 and C20 beneath segmental arches; however, 3 original blocked window openings in gables beneath plain rectangular hood-moulds and one surviving 5-light window to north with ovolo-moulded mullions and transom, saddle bars and some diamond glazing. Some similar blocked frames visible inside only. Some diapered brickwork. External stacks to rear and to side wings with octagonal shafts. Interior . High quality timber frame with close studding, some moulded jowls and some ovolo-moulded principal beams. Several original doors of panelled and planked types with decorative H hinges and catches with loop-drop handles. Staircase at either end of main block with original treads at northern end only. Original principal rafter roof.

Listing NGR: TM1867497982