Listed Building: OLD HALL FARM HOUSE (3.47.1)

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Grade II*
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EH LBS Legacy ID 241883
Date assigned 11 August 1966
Date last amended

Description

Hunting lodge, now farmhouse, c.1525. Re-roofed and possibly reduced by a storey C19. Probably for Sir John Nussey. Brick, partly rendered, with steep pitched C19 slate roof. C19 rear wings have slab tile roofs. Moulded terra cotta dressings, single ridge, gable and side wall stacks. 2 storeys, 3 bays. L-plan. Windows are C19 and C20 casements, mainly inserted into C16 moulded terra cotta openings, formerly mullioned and with hood moulds. Main east front has to left, Tudor arched doorway with damaged moulded terra cotta architrave, imposts and hood mould, flanked by single C20 casements, and beyond, to right, C20 door in C16 window opening. Above, 3 C20 casements in C16 openings, that to right with hood mould. South end has to left C19 rear addition, 2 C20 casements and door, and above, 2 similar casements. To left again, C19 addition, single bay, with door with segmental head, and above, diamond breather and square hatch. Rear elevation has to left, 2 C20 casements in C16 openings with hood moulds. Above, 2 smaller C16 openings with hood moulds, that to left blocked, that to right with C20 casement. To right, C19 rear wings and lean-to additions. Dentillated eaves. North side has 2 C20 casements and door with segmental head. Above, a glazing bar casement. West front has plank door and to right, door and hatch with segmental heads. Above, 2 C20 casements. North gable has remains of a 5 light mullioned window with hood mould on each floor, and above again, blocked opening and diamond breather. Interior has unusual moulded terra cotta spiral stair, large staff-moulded span beam, and much repaired principal rafter roof with tenoned purlins, wind braces and tenoned rafters. Single C17 plank door and 2 C19 close boarded doors. Early C19 hob gate. (NCC/js)

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Grid reference Centred SK 70252 64240 (12m by 14m)
Map sheet SK76SW
District Newark
Civil Parish Kneesall, Newark

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Apr 29 2015 11:39AM

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