Meeting Hall Stables, Bentley Hall, Approximately 30 Metres South Of Bentley Hall

TM 13 NW BENTLEY BENTLEY HALL ROAD 4/2 Meeting Hall, formerly 22.2.55 listed as Stables, Bentley Hall, approx 30 metres south of Bentley Hall

GV II*

Probable former court house. Now used as a meeting hall, recently used as stables. C15/C16, with later alterations and C20 restorations. Timber framed, red brick herring bone nogging infill to first floor, the ground floor and one bay of rear wall red brick. Red plain tiled roof, hipped at ends with gablets. Long wall jetty to front (north). 2 storeys. Pilasters with capitals support the 8 jetty brackets. Arched braces to first floor walls. 4 first floor, 3 ground floor mullion windows. Off centre right doorway, 4-centred arch, square head, foliate carved spandrels, nailed board door. Far right square headed doorway, nailed board door. Return walls each with a mullion window to first and ground floors. Rear wall, 3 mullion windows to ground and first floors. Interior, of 5 bays, the central bays open to the roof, end bays floored and approached by C20 stairs and gallery. Arched braces to tie beams, renewed crown posts to roof. Halved and bridled top plate scarf. There is an early brick paved forecourt with a gutter below the eaves of the court house to front of the building. E Sandon, Suffolk Houses, 1977.

Listing NGR: TM1187738372