Old Hall Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.
Old Hall Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- broken-loft-swallow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Hall Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the early 17th century, said to be from 1602 but possibly around 1630. It underwent remodelling in the 18th century and has a rear extension from around 1970. The building is two storeys with attics and has a half H plan, featuring a centre range with an unusually narrow single window. It is constructed with a timber frame and plastered exterior, topped with plaintiled roofs, and both cross-wings have hipped roofs, which may be an 18th-century alteration.
At the rear of the right-hand wing, there is an original red brick chimney with three detached square shafts, while the left-hand wing has a matching chimney with a rebuilt shaft. A notable original dormer window on the rear roof slope has ovolo-moulded mullions. The late 18th-century casements include transoms and hinged boarded external shutters at the ground level. The central entrance doorway, added around 1970, is designed in the mid-18th-century style, featuring a six-panelled door with an architrave and pediment.
Inside, the narrow centre range contains a fine early 17th-century dogleg staircase with carved and pierced newel finials and widely spaced turned balusters. An ovolo-moulded mullioned and transomed window provides light to the staircase. The parlour features moulded plaster cornices, and a pair of fitted oak cupboards flanking the window creates a bay. The chamber above mirrors this arrangement, with cupboards set in wainscotting. In the kitchen wing to the right, there is a large segmental-arched fireplace and cable-pattern plaster on the ceiling beams, along with slender close-studding. The house also boasts many minor items of joinery and ironmongery that enhance its character.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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