Brames Hall

Brames Hall is a former farmhouse with a core dating from the 16th to 17th century, significantly altered in the mid-19th century. It is a single long range building that features timber framing and rendering, with 19th-century brick at the gable ends. The roof is shallow-pitched, hipped, and slated, and the building stands two stories high. The front of the house has a continuous jetty with a coved soffit. The upper floor has a range of five large-paned tripartite sash windows from the mid-19th century, while the three lower openings to the right of the porch are slatted.

The porch, which was altered in the early 17th century, has jettied sides and old shaped brackets below the eaves at the front. It features a mid-19th-century semi-circular entrance arch with raised springers and key, flanked by pilasters. Inside the porch is an early 17th-century moulded doorway with large stops of an unusual bulbous form, leading to an original plank door with a panelled and studded face. There are old bench seats in the porch with re-used 17th-century panelling behind them.

To the left of the rear wall is a late 16th-century stack with three offsets and the moulded bases of two octagonal shafts, while two internal stacks have plain 19th-century shifts. The interior has remained largely unaltered since the 19th century. The 17th-century hall ceiling features plastered and moulded cross beams and cornice, with other rooms displaying more simply-moulded plasterwork. There is much re-used 16th and 17th-century panelling, particularly in one lower room that has two fluted Ionic pilasters and an overmantel with geometric panels, all with 19th-century simulated graining. The panelling around the head of the stair includes a late 16th-century frieze with flowing foliage and beasts' heads. One upper fireplace has a small 17th-century carved overmantel, while another features a stuccoed three-centred arch. The service rooms to the right of the porch remain unmodernised, showcasing some heavy 16th-century framing on the upper floor, an oak stair against the rear wall, and several 16th-century doors. The name "Brames Hall" is derived from "Braham's," after the family that once owned the property.