Farmstead record MDD 023 - Farmstead: Fordley Hall

Fordley Hall is a farmstead visible on the 1st Ed Os map. The farmstead is laid out in a multi-yard pattern with the farmhouse attached to the agricultural range. The farmstead sits alongside a public road in an isolated location. There has been a partial loss of working buildings with some modern sheds on site and some buildings converted for residential use.

Grade II listed house. Late C16; both wings extended late 1960's. L shape plan. Timber framed and
plastered; roof plaintiled except for front of main wing which is of glazed pantiles. 2 storeys and attic. Main wing to east, fronting road: 5 window range, mainly C20 casements, those to the ground floor with square leaded panes; first floor with one original 10-light mullion window; doorway with mid C20 gabled porch and boarded door; internal stack. Interior with some good quality exposed timberwork; the wall posts supporting the main first floor beam in the west wing have bulbous moulded heads with scalloping across the face above and below (cf. Macheath, Middleton Moor); some ovolo-moulded beams in north wing (S1).

Possibly associated with MDD 022 Deer Park.

Recorded as part of the Farmsteads in the Suffolk Countryside Project. This is a purely desk-based study and no site visits were undertaken. These records are not intended to be a definitive assessment of these buildings. Dating reflects their presence at a point in time on historic maps and there is potential for earlier origins to buildings and farmsteads. This project highlights a potential need for a more in depth field study of farmstead to gather more specific age data.