Battisford Hall

Battisford Hall is a farmhouse built in the mid-16th century, originally serving as a manor house, likely for Sir Thomas Gresham, the founder of the Royal Exchange, or his father, Sir Richard. The building was originally designed in a three-cell layout, with a single-bay extension to the left and a rear wing, both added in the 18th or 19th century. Significant remodeling occurred around 1900.

The hall has two storeys and is timber-framed, with the front encased in red brick featuring burnt headers, added around 1900. It has a crow-stepped gable on the right side and a plain tiled roof. The axial chimney, made of red brick, dates from the 18th or 19th century, while another chimney to the left was once external.

The windows are primarily casements with transoms from around 1900, some featuring leaded lights, along with various bay and French windows. There is an entrance porch at the right gable, also from around 1900, which includes crowstepping and an arched doorway, leading to a panelled inner door. The framing is mostly concealed.

Inside, the crownpost roof features an octagonal crownpost with two-way plank braces in the chamber above the hall. A notable fireplace lintel in a ground floor room, dating to around 1530, is adorned with vinescroll carving and a central merchant mark; it is believed to have been relocated from another site during the 1900 renovations.