Bruisyard Hall

Bruisyard Hall is a house located on the site of a collegiate chantry that was transferred from Campsea Ash in 1354 and converted into a nunnery for the Poor Clares in 1364. The left wing of the building incorporates remains from the 14th and 15th centuries, while the rest of the house dates from the early 17th century, with later alterations. The structure is primarily made of red brick, with some flint and stone mixed in, and features remnants of plasterwork. The left wing has flint rubble walling, particularly on the west side where there is a blocked arch, and the roof is covered with plain tiles.

The main range has a projecting cross wing on the left side and two wings at the rear. The house is two storeys high with attics. Most of the original window openings have been blocked. The main range has six bays, including a porch, and features 2-light and 3-light mullion and transom casement windows. A central three-storey entrance porch, possibly a later addition, boasts octagonal buttresses with pinnacles, a crowstepped gable with an apex pinnacle, and a four-centre arched opening. Above this opening is a stone coat of arms, and above the first-floor window is a large painted sundial. The original side windows are present on the upper floor, and the porch roof is topped with an open timber bell turret. Inside the porch, there is a doorway with an original doorframe, a plank door, and a later rectangular fanlight. The rear wings feature original rusticated plaster window surrounds and gable end stacks that project out at the first-floor level, with a single square flue set diamondwise. The interior includes some well-crafted moulded beams on the ground floor and a carved stone fireplace on the first floor.