Bacton Hall With Garden Wall Attached To South West Corner

BACTON BACTON GREEN TM 06 NW

1/1 Bacton Hall, with garden wall attached to south- - west corner

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Farmhouse, formerly manor house. Circa 1550. Alterations of C17 and later. 2 storeys. 3-cell plan, originally with cross-entry. Timber-framed with concealed bricknogging with a parapet gable of red brick at the south end. The upper part of the gable was rebuilt C18/C19. The brick gable at the north end is probably of C17 with later alterations. Circa 1930 the front elevation was encased in gault brick. Plaintiled roof. An axial late C16 or early C17 chimney of red brick with sawtooth shaft. Mid C20 small pane casements with segmental arched heads at ground storey. A slated lean-to roofed entrance and staircase porch of C19 gault brick with half glazed door. At the rear, amongst later outshuts is a gabled 2 storey timber- framed and bricknogged C16 structure, probably a staircase tower. (A good quality staircase was believed to have been removed from the house in late C19). In the hall are good roll-moulded 1st floor joists and double-ogee moulded beams; the parlour is similar but with different mouldings. Back- to-back lintelled open fireplaces. High quality arch wind-braced close- studding. The attic at the parlour end (south) is original with good chamfered floor joists; the other attics were inserted in C17. A 10 meter length of C16 garden wall runs south-westwards from the south-west corner of the house: red brick with diaper patterning of burnt headers, brick cap- pings, and 2 openings like splayed windows. A partial medieval moat.

Listing NGR: TM0296465579