The Old Hall

TG 10 NW MARLINGFORD BAWBURGH ROAD (north-side)

4/45 The Old Hall,

2.10.51 II*

Originally a Lobby-Entrance type farmhouse dated 1608 on re-positioned facade datestone formerly on north gable-end. Facade and extensions added in 1679 as advertised on"facade tie-ends'." Brick and'some'flint with pan- tiled roofs. 2 storeys with attics and cellars. East facade of 9 bays. 7 blind windows. Mullion and transom frames with metal casements some beneath skewback arches with cambered soffits. Front door with later porch opposite off-centre axial stack. One gabled dormer and a gable-end stack. One surviving wooden ovolo-moulded mullion window on north gable-end. Crow-stepped gables. Varied extensions to rear with 2 fragmentary ovolo- moulded mullion and transom attic windows. Symmetrical south facade (1679) of 5 bays with 2 crow-stepped attic gables. Skewback arches (rusticated at first floor centre) with mullion and transom window frames. 5 blind windows. C18 raised and fielded panelled front door with a Doric doorcase. 2 plat-bands. Very fine staircase probably of 1679 with turned balusters of attenuated-vase form and large panelled newels with pendants. Several C18 panelled rooms with moulded cornices and dado rails and raised and fielded panels. 3 overmantels with contemporary painted landscapes and a fine coved recess flanked by fluted pilasters. Original roofs.

Listing NGR: TG1326309178