Blood Hall

KENTON TM 16 SE 4/129 Blood Hall - - II

Former farmhouse, now 2 cottages. Early C17 with 2 later additions. Timber framed and plastered, the right gable end weatherboarded to eaves level. Pantiled roof. 3-cell, lobby entry type. 2 storeys and attic. 3 windows, mainly mid C20 standard casements without glazing bars; 2 older 3-light windows at first floor level, with a single horizontal glazing bar to each light. 2 mid C20 entrance doors. Internal stack with rebuilt axial shaft. To left is a 1 1/2-storey addition, perhaps of c.1700, with a mid C20 standard casement window and gable stack. 2-storey rear addition of later C17. Interior. Exposed framing on upper floor. Mortices for diamond mullions in former gable end where later wing adjoins. Slightly chamfered joists in hall, plain joists at service end, all set flat. Joists in parlour concealed. Plain joists in first floor ceilings. Newel stair to attic with old entrance door. Roof has clasped purlins.

Listing NGR: TM1838864771