Akenham Hall

Akenham Hall is a house, formerly a manor house, dating from the late 18th century, with a rear section from the mid-17th century that has a fragmentary medieval core. The building has two storeys and three windows. It features a timber frame and is pebble-dashed on a tarred brick plinth. The hipped roofs are covered with plain tiles and have internal chimneys made of red brick. The front facade is a complete 18th-century design in the Gothick style, showcasing sash windows with pointed arched heads. The upper sashes have thick glazing bars arranged in intersecting tracery, while a smaller window above the entrance features an ogee head. The 18th-century entrance doorway consists of a six-panelled door with an entablature supported by pilasters, topped by an open pediment that contains a semi-circular fanlight with curved bars. The rear section displays typical 17th-century plain framing and includes two ovolo-mullioned windows. Inside the left-hand cell, there are a pair of posts and other remnants from an open hall, although most of this building was lost during the 17th-century reconstruction. The front range retains modest but largely complete late 18th-century joinery.