Hasketon Hall

Hasketon Hall

This is a house of 16th-century origin with 17th, 19th and 20th-century additions and alterations. The building is constructed of timber frame with colourwashed render and plain tile roof, probably originally thatched. It rises two storeys and has a T-shaped plan, with the stem of the T being of earlier build and the cross-stroke comprising two 17th-century phases of construction.

The drive front features a projecting gabled wing at right of centre. This wing has close studding to both floors with tension braces at either side of first floor level, and close studding continues above in the gable. Some timbers have been replaced. The wall was previously an internal dividing wall, as evidenced by cut purlins and traces of red paint to the timber. The right flank of this wing has a lean-to with a 4-light 20th-century window at ground floor level, and to the right is a 2-storey wing with a flat roof of 20th-century date, containing a stable door at ground floor and three-light and single-light windows to the first floor. The left flank of the wing has a 4-light and 2-light ground floor casement and a 17th-century window at first floor right with ovolo-moulded mullions of 5 lights, flanked by two 2-light 20th-century casements to the left. To the right of the projecting wing is a portion of the 17th-century wing, mostly obscured by 20th-century two-storey additions, with a plank door to the ground floor at its far right. To the left of the wing is a 20th-century lean-to porch set in the re-entrant angle, with a 3-light window to its front and a 20th-century plank door with moulded muntins and cross rails. To the left is a 3-light 20th-century ground-floor window, with a similar first floor casement at right and a 3-light 19th-century window at left. Further left is a 2-light 17th-century ovolo-moulded window. At the ridge to the left stands a T-shaped chimney stack of 5 flues with a decorated base, cut down at the top.

The left-hand gable end has a 19th-century canted bay window to the ground floor with 3 lights at the centre and single lights at either side. The first floor has a 3-light 19th-century casement and the attic a 4-light casement with ovolo-moulded mullions. A bressumer below the gable carries ovolo moulding to its lower edge, with an incised semi-circle at the centre. The right-hand gable end features a 4-light ground floor window, a blocked first floor window, and below the gable a double-ovolo-moulded bressumer with run-out end stops. A 3-light window lights the gable.

At the rear, a projecting gabled wing stands to the right of centre. The axial range comprises two builds, with the left portion slightly higher than the right. A 20th-century lean-to at ground floor level to the right partially masks the projecting gabled wing and contains two 4-light windows. A glazed 20th-century door stands to its right, with a 2-light 19th-century window above at first floor. The projecting wing has a 2-light first floor window. To the left is a ground floor lean-to with a 3-light 19th-century casement and a slightly projecting lean-to beyond. Further left are a 2-light and a single-light ground floor window. At first floor left is a 3-light 19th-century casement and at right, above the lean-to, a 2-light 20th-century casement.

Interior

The dining room contains late 17th-century panelling with moulded muntins and cross rails, and a matching door with arched flutings to the top. An overmantel comprises three arched panels creating a trompe l'oeil effect of perspective. A frieze with projecting lozenges runs around the room, with a wooden cornice above.

The sitting room has chamfered wall posts and chamfered ceiling beams, both with stepped ogee end stops. Close studding lines the walls and chamfered sill beams are present. A massive hearth features a chamfered bressumer. An external wall was cut through during this century to form a sun lounge.

The first floor contains jowled wall posts, close studding to the walls, plank doors and ceiling beams. One room displays decorative plasterwork with rectangular and diamond-shaped panels bearing fleurs de lys and poppy motifs. Collars and wind bracing are present within the roof structure.