Charsfield Hall

Charsfield Hall is a house dating from the 16th and 17th centuries. It is timber-framed, now rendered and colourwashed, with a plain tiled roof. The house originally had two storeys and an attic.

The front of the house features a projecting gabled wing on the right with a 3-light ground floor window (originally 4), a 3-light first-floor window, and a single-light attic casement, all replacements from the 20th century. To the left is a recessed range with a 19th-century plank door on the right. To the left of centre is an 18th- or 19th-century door with 6 raised and fielded panels, pilaster strips, and a gabled open porch supported by octagonal piers. The window openings are a mix of 19th and 20th-century styles. A deep brick plinth and slightly projecting brick walling are visible on the left side. The front has three 4-light ground floor casements, each of a different design, and on the first floor, a 5-light, three 4-light, and two single-light casements. There are two axial flues and a single flue rising from the ridge, along with a further stack to the gable end. The left-hand gable end has two ground-floor doorways, one 20th-century and semi-glazed, the other a plank door. A 3-light casement is located on the first floor and two single-light casements in the attic. The right-hand gable end has brick walling on the left and two glazed 20th-century doors with cement lintels on the right. Above, there are two 3-light casements and a 2-light casement in the attic.

The rear of the house includes a portion of English bond brick walling on the far right. A projecting staircase bay with a catslide roof is located slightly right of centre, with a 20th-century set of French windows adjacent to it. A 4-light window is to the left of the staircase turret, with French windows in the centre. The turret has a 3-light ground floor window, paired casements divided by a king mullion on the right, and a 2-light casement on the left. The first floor has three 3-light casements, and one lower 3-light casement. A 2-light window from the 16th century, originally lighting the attic, retains its chamfered mullion.

Inside, the ground and first floors have raised ceilings with chamfered ceiling beams. Wall posts and close studding are visible, along with decorative jowling on the wall posts at ground floor level. A staircase from the early 20th century, with Corinthian column newels, barley-sugar twisted balusters, and a heavily ramped handrail, originates from elsewhere.