Description

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SK 46 SE 10/4

PARISH OF AULT HUCKNALL
ROWTHORNE
ROWTHORNE LANE (West Side)
Hall Farmhouse

(Formerly listed under GLAPWELL LANE)

II

Farmhouse. Late C16, extensively remodelled in 1844. Coursed squared sandstone with
sandstone dressings. Ashlar front to south. Stone slate roof with moulded coped
gables to south, with plain kneelers, and decorative barge boards to north. Two
external stacks, with paired ashlar diamond shafts. Paired ashlar diamond shafts to
ridge and gable stacks of north wing. Two storeys with attics. Three bay almost
symmetrical south elevation, the broad outer bays gabled. Narrow recessed centre bay
has a four centred-arched chamfered opening to a recessed porch. Moulded hoodmould.
Four centred arched inner doorway with half-glazed gothic door with margin lights. To
the right is a large 3-light window with timber mullion and transoms and chamfered
stone surround. Chamfered, returned hoodmould. To the left is a canted bay window of
1-3-1 lights, with timber mullions and transom and chamfered stone surrounds. The
bay has a moulded plinth, and parapet with moulded base band and coping. Stepped up
in the centre. The first floor has a central 2-light window, with timber mullion, set
in a chamfered stone surround. Bracketted sill and moulded lintel. Flanked by similar
3-light windows which have returned hoodmoulds. Coped parapet to centre bay has a
triangular-headed projection with blind cross arrow slit. The gables have narrow slit
windows and the broken remains of finials. East elevation of four bays. Off-centre
gabled bay has a chamfered four-centred arched doorway with squared, returned
hoodmould and pierced spandrels. Half-glazed door with gothic lights. To the right is
a 3-light window with timber mullions and transom, set in a plain ashlar surround.
Two similar 2-light windows to the left. Three similar 2-light windows above and a
similar 3-light window. Datestone inscribed 1844 and an illegible date. The interior
of the south wing has a cantilevered stone staircase with iron balustrade. Top-lit
staircase hall four-centred gothic arches.

Listing NGR: SK4786864899

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26304118

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)