Beaulieu Hall

A country house, now a house, likely dating from the late 16th century for the Montagu family and restored in the 20th century. The building is constructed of squared coursed limestone with a Collyweston slate roof. Originally probably U-shaped in plan, and of Jacobean style, one wing remains. It is two storeys with an attic. The front of the house has a single-window range with four-light stone mullion windows to both the ground and first floors; the ground floor window has a transom. A doorway to the left features a four-centred arch-head and a chamfered stone surround, with a 20th-century door. A moulded string course runs between the floors. Ashlar gable parapets and kneelers are present. The right gable retains two moulded finials, with diamond panel decoration to the finial block at the eaves. A large stone stack, with brick coping, projects from the left gable. A 20th-century two-bay extension is attached to the left, featuring reconstructed stone mullion windows. The right gable has four-light stone mullion windows with transoms to the ground and first floors, and a two-light stone mullion attic window. Moulded string courses are present between floors. The rear elevation has a large lateral stone stack with brick coping, centrally located, and a square-head doorway with a moulded stone surround and cornice, topped with two rectangular panels, situated to the far right. A 20th-century polygonal bay is attached to the right. Internally, the entrance hall has an open fireplace with a bressumer on the left and a fragment of reset medieval masonry to the right. The drawing room, to the right of the hall, has a 20th-century fireplace allowing access to the old lateral stack. The exposed ceiling beams are mostly original. A first-floor room above the drawing room has a 17th-century fireplace with a four-centred arch-head and a moulded stone surround. Remains of five roof trusses incorporating queen posts and clasped purlins are also visible. The site is said to have once been part of a moated area enclosing eight acres. Historical records suggest the house was pulled down in 1713, and was later recorded as two dwellings in the early 19th century. A large fireplace was removed in 1913.