Listed Building: ROYDON HALL (279327)

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Grade II*
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Volume/Map/Item 279327
Date assigned 09 December 1955
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Description

CREETING ST. PETER WILLOW GREEN TM 05 NE 4/78 Roydon Hall 9-12-55 GV II* Farmhouse, mid or late C16 with alterations of early C17 and mid C19. 2 storeys. 3-cell cross-passage entrance plan. Timber-framed and plastered. Hipped plaintiled roofs; external chimneys of red brick, with some C16 diaper work in burnt headers at lower levels, the upper levels rebuilt C19. Mainly mid C19 small-pane sashes, those at ground storey with sidelights. C19 entrance door at cross-passage position, with 6 panels (the upper 4 panels glazed). The hall has a fully-exposed 1st floor structure above, with multiple roll mouldings applied to beams and joists which are of exceptionally deep and narrow cross-section for C16 carpentry. Good close-studding exposed in several rooms. In a short rear wing is an original stair of ladder type with triangular block treads; a moulded door frame at the base, and balustrading with turned balusters and moulded handrails. A small part of the plain crownpost roof survives over the parlour cell to right, which was originally of cross-wing form. Remodelling of early or mid C17 includes: full wainscotting in the parlour and chamber above with moulded open fireplaces; several first floor rooms have C17 wall-plaster scratched to simulate ashlar work; a rear chamber has a moulded plaster ceiling, and two others have applied rose and fleur-de-lys motifs. An associated partially complete mediaeval moat. Suffolk Houses: Sandon: 1977. The parish boundary with Earl Stonham passes through the building. Listing NGR: TM0849358483

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Grid reference TM 08493 58483 (point)
Map sheet TM05NE

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Feb 3 2020 10:43AM

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