Old Surrey Hall is a Grade I listed building in the Tandridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1982. A C15 (15th century) House. 1 related planning application.
Old Surrey Hall
- WRENN ID
- night-garret-starling
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Tandridge
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 March 1982
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Surrey Hall is a country house, originating as a 15th-century hall, with substantial additions made between 1922 and 194 by George Crawley, and further extended in 1937 to the south by Walter Godfrey. The original hall features close-studded timber framing with herringbone brick infill on a stone plinth. The roof is of Horsham slab construction with sprocketed eaves supported by curved brackets. Later extensions to the ends and across the front are timber framed on a stone plinth with plastered infill, also utilizing Horsham slab roofs. A southern ballroom extension is constructed of dressed stone with plain tiled roofs.
The original hall spans the east side of a courtyard, with projecting end extensions to the north and south. A screen range runs across the west side, open on the ground floor, with stone extensions projecting at right angles to the courtyard on the south side. The hall itself is two storeys high, with three framed bays and end stacks set off-centre. Square bays are located in the southernmost bay on both the east and west sides, topped with gables displaying trefoil-carved bargeboards. A four-light trefoil window is found on the courtyard side; a mullion and transomed window sits on the first floor to the left, beneath a quatrefoil band. Arched, ribbed doors are set within projecting stone surrounds, placed diagonally on the re-entrant angles at either end of the hall. The southern range of the courtyard facade displays three gables at eaves height, with casement windows; two face the north range. The screen range across the front is open on the ground floor, with the central bay higher. Additional doors are situated at the ends of the ground floor corridor. Jettied gabled bays flank the ends of the screen range, with a ballroom extension to the right featuring deep recessed round arched windows. Hopper heads bear the inscription "IA & MA 1937," acknowledging the Anderson family who commissioned this work.
Inside the hall, the roof is supported by arched four-centred trusses, molded beams, and curved scissor rafters. An octagonal arrangement at the centre of the roof suggests a possible original intention for a lantern. The roof pattern resembles that of Crowhurst Place nearby, but in a single curve. The interior features modern wainscoting and a carved screen. An original door is positioned near a window bay, and service doors remain visible in the passage. An inscription on a post in the Great Hall details restoration work carried out by George Abraham Crawley between 1922 and 1924.
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