Whepstead Hall

Whepstead Hall is a house, formerly a manor house, dating from around 1500, with alterations from the 17th century. It features a hall range with two cross-wings and stands two storeys tall. The structure is timber-framed and rendered, displaying scratched oblong panels. The roof is plaintiled and has one axial chimney and two external chimneys made of red brick, some of which are rendered. The windows are mid-20th century small-pane casements, and there is a six-panelled entrance door.

The house is a complex structure with elements from several periods. The left-hand parlour cross-wing is from the 15th century or earlier and has a coupled rafter roof, with each couple featuring double collars. The right-hand service cross-wing dates to around 1500 and has close-studding and a coupled-rafter roof; this wing was extended forward in the 17th century to create a symmetrical H-plan. The central hall range was rebuilt in the 17th century, featuring an axial chimney and a clasped purlin roof. Inside, there is a limestone fireplace in the parlour with a strapwork-carved overmantel and a central achievement, which is either late 16th century or a late 19th-century copy. The house has been altered and extended at the rear in the mid-20th century.