Description

SK 87 NW KETTLETHORPE HALL LANE

2/41 Kettlethorpe Hall
20-3-85
G.V. II

Small country house. Early C18 incorporating earlier masonry,
with extensive alterations and addition of c.1863. Red brick
with ashlar dressings, coursed limestone rubble, hipped slate
roof with gabled central projecting bay and 4 brick wall stacks.
The 5 bay 2 storey brick front is arranged 2:1:2, the central bay
being slightly advanced. It has a brick plinth with a stone
coping and the right hand end has ashlar quoins. The central
door is covered by a C19 pedimented porch with Ionic pilasters
and plain casement side lights. To the left is a single C19 2
light sash with beyond a blocked opening and to right 2 similar
windows. To first floor are 4 two light sashes with a blocked
opening to the left. In the bargeboarded gable is a carved coat
of arms with escutcheon, to the Amcotts family. All openings
have segmental brick heads. To the right of the front is a 2
storey single bay, late C19, brick lean-to. At the rear are 2
areas of coursed limestone rubble being part of the earlier
house. Interior. The drawing room has a high ceiling with light
delicate plasterwork with Adam bows and scrolls. The dining room
has early C18 full height panelling with dado rail, dentillated
frieze and arched alcoves to either side of the fireplace with
keystone, pilasters, a pulvinated frieze and cornice over. The
late C18 fireplace is in pink marble with urn and fluted
pilasters. In the rear hall are 2 semi-circular archways, with
carved faces on the impost blocks. The rear stair has turned and
knopped balusters in early C18 style, with carved string and
panelled side wall. The rear sitting room has re-used C17
wainscotting, C18 panelling on the window wall and a C18 eared
fireplace surround. A first floor bedroom is panel led to dado
height and has a late C18 Adam stylefireplace. The medieval
house on this site was the home of Katherine Swynford, wife of
John of Gaunt. The early C18 house was built by the M.P. Charles
Hall who succeeded to the house in 1713. It then passed to the
Amcotts family, and a copy of the design for the marble fireplace
in the dining room is held in Victoria and Albert Museum,
inscribed for Charles Amcotts.

Listing NGR: SK8483075602

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Kettlethorpe Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q6395559

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Recommended Books

• 
  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)