Huntingfield Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.
Huntingfield Hall
- WRENN ID
- north-spandrel-ash
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1951
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Huntingfield Hall is a farmhouse located on the site of the former manor house, dating from the late 18th century and possibly designed by James Wyatt. It is constructed of red brick with a pantiled roof and features two storeys. The symmetrical facade is designed in a Gothick style, arranged in a 1:3:1 pattern, with the end bays projecting forward to resemble turrets. The building has 2-light casement windows that include Y tracery; the ground floor windows have pointed arches and hood moulds, while the first floor windows feature depressed ogee arches with hood moulds adorned with fleur-de-lys finials.
A notable feature of the hall is the impressive doorway, which includes a six-panel door and a cusped ogee fanlight with glazing bars, complemented by Gothic detailing in the spandrels. The doorcase is flanked by panelled pilasters topped with tall pointed pediments, and it has an enriched frieze, cornice, and a parapet decorated with blank quatrefoils. The facade is topped with a tall parapet that is flanked by stone bands and features white brick crenellations. Within the parapet, there are five stuccoed inset quatrefoil panels, and above this, the turrets are enhanced with an additional tier of seven trefoil-headed blank panels, elevating them above the rest of the facade. The side returns of the building are narrow and lack windows.
At the rear, there is a lower service range that includes an open lean-to verandah facing a walled enclosure. The design of the doorcase is inspired by Plate 24 of Batty Langley's 'Gothic Architecture Improved' from 1747, while the overall facade may draw from John Crunden's 'Convenient and Ornamental Architecture' published in 1767.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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