Cockerills Hall

BUXHALL RATTLESDEN ROAD TL 95 NE

1/39 Cockerills Hall (formerly listed as Cockerell's Hall) 9.12.55

• II

Farmhouse, late C16 with alterations of several periods. 2 storeys and attics. Timber-framed and plastered. Plaintiled roof with two C19 gabled casement dormers. An axial C19 chimney of red brick; two similar internal end chimneys. Mid C19 3-light casements with small panes; those at ground storey have square hoodmoulds. Good mid C18 entrance doorway; an open pediment, well moulded, and sunk pilasters; an 8-panelled door whose lower panels are fielded and upper panels glazed. A late C19 porch on a painted brick plinth; timber- framed and ornately glazed in the manner of a small conservatory; the paired entrance doors are panelled, half-glazed and with an elliptical head. Some late C16 framing is exposed: chamfered main beams and joists, close-studding, clasped-purlin roof. A parallel rear range was added in late C17. A parlour has good complete mid C18 panelling. Associated with a partial medieval moat, whose west arm was infilled probably when the present house was built.

Listing NGR: TL9867657709