Old Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 October 1990. A C13/C14 House. 1 related planning application.
Old Hall
- WRENN ID
- iron-ashlar-sienna
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 October 1990
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Hall is a house dating from the 13th or 14th century, with later alterations and additions. It features a timber frame and plastered exterior, with some red brick facing, and has shingle and red plain tiled roofs. The building was originally an aisled hall. It has a rear chimney stack to the left of the hall range and a hipped crosswing to the front with a gablet, which has a chimney stack behind it and to the left of the ridge. The house is two storeys high, with a single storey lean-to extension from the 19th or 20th century on the left side.
The front has a window arrangement of three to one, with two horizontal sliding sashes and an old leaded two-light casement on the first floor of the hall, while the ground floor has 20th-century casements. There is an original mullion on the first floor of the left return of the crosswing, a front two-light casement, a ground floor six-light mullion, and a small single light to the left of the mullion. To the right of the hall, there is a doorway with pilasters that have capitals and bases, a dentilled flat canopy, and a nailed three-board door with original hinges.
Inside, notable features include jowled storey posts supporting an inserted ceiling in the hall, stop-chamfered bridging joists, and flat section ceiling beams. There is an inserted inglenook fireplace with a mantel beam, heavy continuous "feather" arched braces on the left return wall, and an arched braced principal tie beam with a crown post above, which has an original moulded capital and four arms, although the short octagonal post has been renewed. The roof timbers are heavy and sooted, with a very long splayed scarf joint and undersquinted abutments to the top plate. The crosswing, which is of a later date, was formerly jettied at the front and has close studded walls, jowled storey posts on the first floor, stop-chamfered bridging joists, and vertically boarded doors.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2025
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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