Bacton Hall With Garden Wall Attached To South West Corner

Bacton Hall, with a garden wall attached to its south-west corner, is a farmhouse that was originally a manor house, dating from around 1550, with alterations made in the 17th century and later. The building has two storeys and a three-cell plan, which originally featured a cross-entry. It is timber-framed with concealed brick nogging and has a red brick parapet gable at the south end, which was rebuilt in the 18th or 19th century. The north end has a brick gable likely from the 17th century with later modifications. In around 1930, the front elevation was encased in gault brick. The roof is covered with plain tiles, and there is a late 16th or early 17th century axial chimney made of red brick with a sawtooth shaft. The ground floor features mid-20th century small pane casements with segmental arched heads. There is also a C19 entrance and staircase porch made of gault brick with a slated lean-to roof and a half-glazed door.

At the rear, among later additions, is a gabled two-storey structure from the 16th century, likely a staircase tower, which is timber-framed and brick-nogged. It is believed that a high-quality staircase was removed from the house in the late 19th century. Inside, the hall contains good quality roll-moulded first-floor joists and double-ogee moulded beams, while the parlour has similar features with different mouldings. There are back-to-back lintelled open fireplaces and high-quality arch wind-braced close-studding. The attic at the parlour end is original and has good chamfered floor joists, while the other attics were added in the 17th century.

Additionally, there is a 10-meter length of 16th-century garden wall extending south-west from the south-west corner of the house. This wall is made of red brick with a diaper pattern of burnt headers, brick cappings, and two openings resembling splayed windows. There is also a partial medieval moat on the property.