Wyken Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1983. Manor farmhouse.
Wyken Hall
- WRENN ID
- still-belfry-grain
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1983
- Type
- Manor farmhouse
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wyken Hall is a manor farmhouse that dates from the late 16th century and the mid-to-late 17th century. It was extensively restored and significantly extended in 1920 by John S. Corder of Ipswich, designed in an Elizabethan style. The older sections of the building are timber-framed and rendered, while the 20th-century extensions are constructed of brick and render, topped with plaintiled roofs. The house is two storeys tall and has a complex form, featuring 20th-century casement windows with square-leaded panes. The main entrance is marked by a 20th-century Tudoresque porch located at the north-west angle of the front.
The core of the house is a two-bay 16th-century range situated at the rear and aligned north-south, which includes a plain, heavy beam-and-joist ceiling in the ground floor room. An early 17th-century red brick chimney stack was added externally at the south end, featuring a group of three shafts with moulded caps and bases. Two later 17th-century cross-wings were added to this range, both aligned east-west, creating an angular 'S' shape. The south-west wing contains one large room on each floor, with plain cross-beams that are chamfered and stopped, and thin, widely-spaced joists set on edge. The north-east wing has an internal chimney stack with ornamental early 16th-century shafts, which are said to have originated from Langham Hall. This wing is rendered externally and shows traces of simple pargetting, along with small-paned sash windows.
The 1920 extensions surround the older house on three sides, nearly doubling its size. They include additional service wings to the north and west, and a drawing-room wing facing south, which features an oriel window on the upper storey. The building also has various ornate chimney stacks and a main staircase in a heavy Jacobean style. Although plans for a new garden layout were created in 1920, they were never implemented.
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