Hatch Arundell

Hatch Arundell is a former farmhouse, now a house, dating from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. It has a former cross-passage plan, extended at both ends and significantly modified in the 19th and 20th centuries. The house is built of rubble, with some rendered areas, and has brick stacks and a slate roof.

The front of the building has two glazing bar sashes and a two-light, small-paned French door, all sheltered by a hipped-roof verandah supported on slender granite posts. A 20th-century door is located off-centre to the right, set within the original opening. To the right of the French window is a recessed niche with a triangular head, and recessed panel to the left of the door. To the far left, under the continuation of the verandah roof, is a 20th-century glazed conservatory with a door leading from the verandah. To the far right is a 20th-century door with side-lights, set within a large arched opening with voussoirs and a keystone. At first floor, there are three flush half-gables with 19th-century decorative barge-boards over 12-pane sashes. A wide 20th-century casement window is located to the far left, and another similar window to the far right. Ridge stacks are located at each end of the rendered central section; each has two diagonal brick shafts. The right gable is plain, while the left has a hipped end with some 20th-century windows.

The rear of the house has various sashes and casements, including one to the left of the door with a deep slate slab acting as a lintol, and one three-light casement towards the right end in what was a former door opening, now blocked. Two stacks are located at eaves, close together towards the right end. Under one of these stacks, at eaves level, is a small recess that appears to be the base of a window.

Internally, the building has undergone considerable change, although some rough beams and one large granite lintol or overmantel above a lateral stack remain. A full survey is needed for a complete interpretation. Hatch Arundell is part of the important Hatch group, a grange or farm agglomeration, and is linked by a curved wall to Lower Hatch Farmhouse.