LITTLE HAUGH HALL
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1352425
- Date first listed:
- 15-Nov-1954
- Statutory Address:
- LITTLE HAUGH HALL, STANTON STREET
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- LITTLE HAUGH HALL, STANTON STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- Mid Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Norton
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 95217 66647
Details
TL 96 NE NORTON STANTON STREET
2/111 Little Haugh Hall
15.11.54
GV II*
Former manor house, c.1730 for the antiquary Cox Macro. Much remodelled
c.1830 for Peter Huddleston. Main elevation stuccoed brick with a band above
lst storey windows, and a parapet with bold moulded cornice. Low-pitched
hipped slated roof with internal chimneys of gault brick, and one C19 lead-
clad dormer. 2 storeys. 8-window main range; a slightly set-back range to
right has 5 windows with a semi-circular full-height bay at the centre.
Small-pane sashes. Entrance door with 6 fielded panels, the oblong fanlight
having radiating bars with enrichment in the manner of a fan. Greek Ionic
portico porch in 3 bays, with columns supporting a flat entablature and open
balustrading with balusters also in 3 bays. South elevation: gault brick of
c.1830. 4 windows: sashes with flat arches of gauged brick: small panes and
blind boxes. West elevation: red brick of c.1730, with traces of C19
colourwash. A band at 1st floor and beneath eaves: there is no parapet here.
5 windows. Sashes with flat arches of gauged brick: small panes with original
thick glazing bars. At the centre is a fine Venetian staircase window with
Corinthian columns and pilasters supporting a frieze through which the central
arched sash rises. Beneath is a half-glazed panelled door, with Gibbs
surround incorporating a moulded cornice. To north at this elevation-the
service range is in gault brick of c.1830, and a further lower range extends
to left. Interior: High-quality work of c.1730-40 is in the entrance hall and
staircase area, and in adjacent rooms. Fine staircase with moulded handrail
and turned balusters; carved enrichment on the staircase and landing and in
the dining-room, and possibly by Thomas Ross. These areas have fine joinery
including doorways, full panelling and fireplaces. Deeply domed ceiling over
tha landing with a painting by Francis Hayman, 1741. An enriched plaster
ceiling by, possibly, James Burrough, c.1745 in the dining room. Major early
C19 remodelling included the removal of a 3rd storey and the raising of the
1st floor level at the south end, involving the use of dummy windows. For
full illustrated description and documentary references: Little Hau h Hall,
Suffolk: Country Life June 5th 1958: Norman Scarfe. For further details of
interior: The Buildings of England: Suffolk: Sir N Pevsner.
Listing NGR: TL9521766647
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 281214
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Suffolk, (1974)
'Country Life' in 5 June, (1958)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing
