Well Hall Art Gallery is a Grade II* listed building in the Greenwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1954. Art gallery, restaurant.
Well Hall Art Gallery
- WRENN ID
- eastward-brick-thunder
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Greenwich
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 March 1954
- Type
- Art gallery, restaurant
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Well Hall Art Gallery, formerly known as Well Hall Farm outbuildings, dates back to 1568 with later alterations and additions. It is associated with Sir Thomas More, as his daughter Margaret married William Roper of Well Hall. The building was converted into an art gallery and restaurant by Woolwich Borough Council in 1936.
The structure is two storeys high with an old tiled roof featuring gable ends. The original angle turrets on the west gable have been restored at the east end. The exterior is made of red brick with some decorative blue header diaper work. The north elevation has seven irregular windows to the east of a projecting gabled wing and one to the west. There are seven 4-centred brick relieving arches on the ground floor, with two on the left above 7-light windows that have brick mullions, some of which are partly original and now blocked. Two first-floor and one ground-floor windows remain in their original chamfered brick reveals. The building has a brick plinth with sandstone chamfered angles, sandstone door jambs, and all wall angles are chamfered. The gable ends feature moulded brick coping. A stone plaque with arms and the date is located on the first floor, along with a small terra-cotta panel with the initials "W R" on the southeast corner.
On the south elevation, there are thirteen relieving arches and eleven windows, four of which have original surrounds, while two are blocked on the ground floor, featuring brick mullions. The building also has several diagonal chimneys, including a massive offset chimney stack at the west end with a small, one-light window.
Inside, the upper floor consists of eleven bays. The roof truss varies but is primarily made of very heavy tie beams and queen posts, with some having collar beams and others rising directly to the principal rafter, and purlins resting on side struts. Some timbers have been removed and replaced. There is a carved stone fireplace with shallow raised borders of alternating roses and lilies. Both floors at the west end feature brick fireplaces with segmental gauged brick arches, 4-centred relieving arches above, and herringbone brick fire backs. A niche is located to the left of the fireplace on the ground floor.
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