High Hall

WEST AYTON YEDMANDALE ROAD SE 9884 8/43 (east side) High Hall 18.1.67 - II

House. 1784-86, with later alteration. For Thomas Candler. Red brick in Flemish bond on stone plinth; clay pantile roof, with slate roofs to stable wings. Central staircase, double-depth plan, with traphouse and stable wings to left and right. Garden front: 2-storey, symmetrical 3- window front. Central 6-panel door beneath radial fanlight within pedimented doorcase on brackets and panelled jambs, flanked by 3-window bows. 16-pane sashes with stone sills and flat arches of gauged brick to first floor. Coved timber eaves course. Street front: 2-storeys and attic, 4-window front, flanked by 1 storey projecting stable wings. C20 weatherboarded gabled porch to right of centre. Segmental coach arch to right, linked to stable block. C20 double garage doors to former traphouse to left, with lifting door over. C20 attic dormer. Ground floor windows have segmental brick arches; those to first floor have wedge lintels of gauged brick. Coped gables, plain kneelers and end stacks to both ranges of double span roof. Interior: in the ground floor rooms to front range, bay window panelling survives together with 6 panel doors and architraves. In the ground floor rear rooms C18 doors have H-L hinges. In the attic, C18 fireplaces survive to the rear range, and there is a box bed to the front room on the left.

Listing NGR: SE9869884796