Tudeley Hall

TQ 64 NW CAPEL TUDELEY HALE

1/294 Tudeley Hall

GV II

House. C16 and C17, possibly medieval origins in parts, extensively renovated circa 1930. Timber-framed. Ground floor is Flemish bond red brick with burnt headers; brick stacks and ornate Tudor-style brick chimneyshafts with crenellated tops; peg-tile roof.

Plan and Development: Large house facing west north west, say west. The main part is 2-rooms wide and 2-rooms deep. The front right (south) room has an outer lateral stack and rear room has rear end stack. Main stair also to rear. Principal parlour left front heated by-a stack backing onto a corridor connecting the stair to the front porch which is in a wing set back from the front and parallel with the road. Room behind the porch has a rear lateral stack.

Present layout is essentially the result of a major rearrangement and modernisation of circa 1930. Only very limited access was available at the time of this survey and therefore it was not possible to determine the historic development of the house. Certainly there is extensive remains of the C16 and C17 house and the owner described an octagonal crown post in the roof which probably suggests that the house originated as a late medieval open hall house.

House is 2 storeys.

Exterior: Attractive irregular front of circa 1930 in Tudor style. 3-bay front. The middle bay projects forward the furthest, the right bay only a little back and the left bay set well back. The left bay contains the entrance porch. It has a wide Tudor arch and the doorway is set behind a C20 panelled and glazed door. Mullioned window to left, moulded bressummer at first floor level and gabled roof above projecting forward from the main south block roof. Main 2 gabled bays are brick at ground floor and timber-framed above; close studding with curving tension braces. First floor and gable are jettied with moulded bressummers on fluted scroll brackets. Ground and first floor have shallow oriel windows, mullioned with transoms. All the windows, throughout the house contain rectangular panes of leaded glass. Front gables have moulded bargeboards including a brattished frieze and have apex finials and pendants. The roof behind is parallel to the street. It steps down to the south wing which is gable-ended. Original large framing is exposed on the right (north) end and rear walls and includes large curving tension braces.

Interior: Only a very small part of the interior was available for inspection at the time of this survey, but this was enough to indicate that C16 or C17 carpentry remains. Also the owner described an octagonal crown post in the roof.

A full internal survey should be carried out here before any alterations lest C16, C17 or medieval features be disturbed.

Listing NGR: TQ6212946092