Tudeley Hall

Tudeley Hall is a large house dating back to the 16th and 17th centuries, with possible medieval origins in parts, and extensively renovated around 1930. It is timber-framed with brick detailing. The ground floor is constructed of Flemish bond red brick with burnt headers, featuring brick stacks and ornate Tudor-style brick chimneyshafts with crenellated tops, and a peg-tile roof.

The house faces west-northwest. The main section is two rooms wide and two rooms deep. The front right (south) room has a stack on its outer wall and the rear room has a stack at the rear. The main staircase is located to the rear. A principal parlour is situated on the left front, heated by a stack backing onto a corridor connecting to the stair and the front porch, which is set back from the front and parallel with the road. A room behind the porch has a rear lateral stack.

The current layout largely reflects a significant rearrangement and modernisation around 1930. While a full historical development could not be determined due to limited access during the survey, substantial remains of the 16th and 17th century house remain, including an octagonal crown post in the roof, suggesting a possible late medieval open hall house origin.

The house is two storeys high and presents an attractive, irregular front in a Tudor style, dating from the 1930 renovations. This front has three bays: the central bay projects the furthest, the right bay is slightly set back, and the left bay is further recessed, containing the entrance porch. The porch has a wide Tudor arch and a 20th-century panelled and glazed door. A mullioned window is to the left, with a moulded bressummer at first floor level supported by a gabled roof that projects forward from the main south block. The main two gabled bays are brick at ground floor and timber-framed above, with close studding and curving tension braces. The first floor and gables are jettied with moulded bressummers on fluted scroll brackets. Shallow oriel windows, mullioned with transoms, are present on both the ground and first floors, and all windows contain rectangular panes of leaded glass. The front gables have moulded bargeboards including a brattished frieze, apex finials, and pendants. The roof behind is parallel to the street and steps down to the gable-ended south wing. Original large framing is exposed on the right (north) end and rear walls and includes large, curving tension braces.

A small portion of the interior was inspected, revealing remains of 16th and 17th century carpentry, including the previously mentioned octagonal crown post in the roof. A full internal survey is recommended before any alterations are undertaken to prevent disturbance of potential 16th, 17th or medieval features.