Cust Hall (EHER 28393)

Part of the building dates from about 1500, with additional elements added subsequently. It is of two storeys with attics and the walls are of cemented timber framing, with a tiled roof. The building is formed of 2 ranges, aligned at right angles, with a small building in the angle between. It is thought that the earliest part of the building may have been moved from elsewhere and re-assembled on site sometime in the second half of the 16th century. It is also possible that it originally functioned as a guildhall or other public building, being converted to domestic use at the time of its re-erection. Listed.

NRHE data transfer: Cust Hall (NAT). <1> Cust Hall. House, mainly 16th century, altered in the 18th and 19th century. RCHM 4. Grade II. Part of the building dates from about 1500, with additional elements added subsequently. It is of two storeys with attics and the walls are of cemented timber-framing, with a tiled roof. The building is formed of 2 ranges, aligned at right angles, with a small building in the angle between. It is thought that the earliest part of the building may have been moved from elsewhere and re-assembled on site sometime in the second half of the 16th century. It is also possible that it originally functioned as a guildhall or other public building, being converted to domestic use at the time of its re-erection. Listed. <2> Cust Hall, 1,200 yards SSW of the church, is of two storeys with attics; the walls are of cemented timber-framing; the roofs are tiled. It is of modified half-H-shaped plan with the wings extending towards the west. The main block and the three western bays of the north-west wing were built about 1500; the rest of the north-west wing and the whole of the south-west wing were added probably in the 17th century. There are also small modern structures at the back, and at the north end of the front of the main block. On the east front the upper storey of the main block projects, and is supported on exposed joists and beams with hollow-chamfered brackets; the bressummer is carved with leaf-pattern of two designs, partly re-used, and partly covered by a modern moulding; the original entrance door, in a modern frame, has a depressed four-centred head and strap-hinges. On the west elevation of the main block the chimney-stack, possibly original, has three octagonal shafts, modern at the top. The chimney-stack of the south-west wing is probably of the 17th century. On the north elevation the two western bays of the north-west wing have exposed timber-framing with brick nogging, probably of the 17th century; the upper storey projects and has a moulded bressummer, much weathered; the upper storey of the third original bay originally projected, but has been underbuilt. On the south elevation of the north-west wing the timber-framing is exposed. Interior-In the main block the three rooms on the ground floor and one on the first floor have richly moulded ceiling-beams; one of the beams is carved on the soffit with running foliage; the north room on the north room on the ground floor has also moulded joists. The middle room has, on the south wall, 17th century oak-panelling, now painted. In both wings are stop-chamfered ceiling-beams and flat joists. In the roofs of the original building are remains of king-post trusses; the king-posts and central purlin of the main block are chamfered. Condition-Fairly good. <3> See also: <4>