Polstead Hall
POLSTEAD HALL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1037049
- Date first listed:
- 23-Jan-1958
- List Entry Name:
- Polstead Hall
- Statutory Address:
- POLSTEAD HALL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1037049
- Date first listed:
- 23-Jan-1958
- List Entry Name:
- Polstead Hall
- Statutory Address 1:
- POLSTEAD HALL
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- POLSTEAD HALL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- Babergh (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Polstead
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 98816 38157
Details
POLSTEAD POLSTEAD PARK 1. 5377 Polstead Hall TL 9838 62/901 23.1.58 II* 2. Approached by a drive from Water Lane. A large white brick building with a balustraded parapet and a cornice. It stands in a former deer park close to the Church of St Mary. In the late C18 the original C16 house was extensively rebuilt or remodelled and improvements were made in 1818-19 by W Pilkington (Colvin). There are older buildings at the rear. Roof slate, hipped, with 3 dormers behind the parapet. Two storeys and attics. The south-east front has outer 2 storeyed splayed bays each with 3 window range and 3 window range between them. The windows are double-hung sashes with glazing bars. A central rusticated perch projects on the front with Tuscan columns in antis. The north-west front has 12 window range. The interior has a C16 core and there are C16 wall paintings.
Listing NGR: TL9881638157
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 277053
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Colvin, H M, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840, (1978)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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