Herringfleet Hall

HERRINGFLEET BLOCKA ROAD TM 49 NE 1/17 Herringfleet Hall 27.11.54 II House. C18 and early-mid C19, in several phases; C20 alterations. Mainly colourwashed brick; the entrance facade is stuccoed, with banded rustication to the quoins and a flat parapet with brick dentil cornice. Roof of glazed black pantiles. 2 storeys. 3-bay entrance block of c.1840, the centre bay set slightly forward: sash windows, those to the ground floor without glazing bars, those to the first floor with large panes. Moulded window surrounds, pedimented to the ground floor, eared to the first floor. Greek Doric entrance porch, distyle in antis, with remains of entablature; set forward of this is an outer porch of 1919, altered mid C20. First floor French windows with console-bracketed cornice: these gave access onto the balustraded parapet of the original porch. To the right is a lower 4-bay C18 range: original flush-frame sash windows with heavy glazing bars to ground floor. 5-bay left hand return front, with a full-height 3-light canted bay: inset large-paned sash windows, paired louvred shutters to ground floor. C18 work to rear, in 2 ranges, both with a wooden modillion eaves cornice. The later section to the rear of the entrance block has an octagonal glazed lantern. A C19 wing at right angles to the main block terminates in a 5-bay orangery with tall semi- circular headed sash windows and matching doorway. Interior considerably modernised. Square staircase hall: the stair has stick balusters, a ramped and wreathed mahogany handrail and carved tread-ends. Sandon, Suffolk Houses, 1977. pp.235-7.

Listing NGR: TM4807099157