The Old Hall

Details

TG 0444 CLEY NEXT THE SEA COAST ROAD

8/21 The Old Hall 20.2.52. II

Large House, C16/17. Windows altered 1948, stair turret of 1956. Flint with brick dressings, pantiles. 7 roof bays plus gable end chimney bays, the 3 bays to the south-east at a slight angle. 2 storeys and attic. Garden front to south-west: 5 windows, coursed galletted knapped flint with some erratics and whole flints, central section rebuilt in pale knapped flint; moulded brick eaves cornice renewed; internal end stacks, the two lozenge shafts to the right renewed; 4-centred door and renewed doorway to centre left; quoin to right half of building for ground floor only, of 3 thin bricks and 2 flints alternating; 2 original openings to right each of 2 lights having square brick hood moulds, moulded surrounds and mullions; small opening below with wooden shutter; opening to right blocked with whole flint. All windows leaded casements of 1948; openings of 1948 to match original with moulded brick surrounds and mullions, 5 to first floor of 2 and 3 lights with single light at far right, large flat roofed bay window to ground floor left of 1 + 5 + 1 lights; central roof dormer of 1948. Single storeyed forward extension of c.1860 to end bay at right, central part glazed door to left return. Right gable: one window per floor and attic left gable two 2-light attic windows, 2 small windows to first floor. North-east front: C18 2-bay addition to left under hipped roof, 3-light window with transom to ground floor, 4-light window to first floor both of 1948; large circular stair turret across doorway to centre, uncoursed flint with random bricks, parapet of concrete urn balusters, doorway to ground floor, cross window to first floor both in red brick to match other openings. Interior: ground floor of 2 large tall rooms separated by thin partition and step. South-east room: massive principal beams, the bridging beam showing angle change of house, large gable-end fireplace, part of C16 oak screen with 4 centred doorway and 4 centred opening with shutter hooks, part of balustrade with splat balusters both repositioned. Figure tiller from French collier wrecked 1913 as handrail to 1860 extension. North-west room: principal beams with massive ovolo moulding; C17 panelling with strapwork frieze and screen brought in from elsewhere 1948, 2 4-centred doorways to partition between rooms; opposing doorways against partition, door to southwest with box bracing and wooden lock, doorway to north-east now internal with glazed fanlight; large stone 4-centred mantelpiece arch with vine decoration in spandrels to north-west gable, panelled as pulpit to Cley Church (qv 9/18) of 1611. C18 extension to east with moulded repositioned fireplace, panelling. First floor renewed 1948: 4-centred stone fireplace to north-west gable, south-east room panelled in pine and oak, original hinges and fittings to door of corner closet. Stair turret with circular lantern above. Roof: single clasped purlins, curved wind braces, no ridge piece. Single storey extension to east once dairy now incorporates archway to yard.

Listing NGR: TG0465644083

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:

224573

Legacy System:

LBS

End of official list entry

All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.