Bedfield Hall

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BEDFIELD CHURCH LANE TM 26 NW

2/18 Bedfield Hall 29/7/55

GV II*

Manor house. Hall range has C15 core, much altered late C16 when the parlour wing was added. Early C17 service wing. Sympathetically restored 1980's. A hall range with flanking 2-cell cross-wings, projecting only to the rear, the service wing to left and parlour wing to right. Timber framed and plastered, plaintiled roof. 2 storeys and attic. 4 windows, one to wings, 2 to hall range: early C19 3-light casements with ogee-headed lights and square-leaded glass. C19 porch, plastered and lined to imitate ashlar; corner piers and ogee parapet, both with mid C20 coping and spike finials. Doorway has dentilled 2-centred arch; plank door with studded cover battens. Both wings have moulded tie beams supported on original carved brackets. Internal stack with oblong shaft on moulded base with inset panel; cap rebuilt mid C20. A further internal stack in service wing. Similar 2-light windows to side of service wing, one with older diamond-leaded panes. Original mullioned windows, mostly ovolo-moulded, to side of parlour wing and to rear. Others visible inside. Interior. Some good studding, much of it closely-spaced, with restored C17 painted decoration. Parlour has early C17 plaster ceiling: encased axial beam, the soffit with a pattern of linked squares, originally painted black; at right angles is a band of pea foliage; in each of the 4 compartments are Fleur-de-lys and Tudor rose motifs. Parlour fireplace has restored brick arch with corbelled ovolo moulding above. This and other fireplaces show evidence of original lining of the brick joints. Studding in parlour chamber has restored early C17 red ochre decoration. This room has a further early C17 plaster ceiling: moulded axial beam enriched with pea foliage; at right angles a band of mixed foliage; the 4 compartments have square panels with a central acorn leaf. The fireplace has a stuccoed arch with quoining and cresting. Rooms behind parlour and parlour chamber have imitation close studding painted on plaster on the party wall. Some C15 studding on upper floor of hall range, with evidence for diamond-mullioned hall window. Front wall has blocked doorway to upper room over former early C17 2-storey porch. 2 newel stairs to attics by each of the stacks; the stair in the service wing is original. In the service wing the front chamber and attic room above both have arched stuccoed fireplaces with original black paintwork. Hall range has 2 C15 rafter trusses, well sooted and apparently in situ; other C15 rafters are re-used in an adjacent partition. Roof over majority of hall range probably contemporary with that over the parlour wing: clasped and butt purlins with 2-way arched wind bracing. Evidence for one original dormer in front of hall roof. Service wing has butt purlin roof with straight wind braces. By the cross-passage is a straight stair of c.1800 with stick balusters, ramped and wreathed handrail and carved tread-ends. Partial medieval moat.

Listing NGR: TM2275966442

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