Gladfen Hall Farmhouse (EHER 28804)

16th century and later timber-framed house.

NRHE data transfer: Gladfen Hall (NAT). <1> Gladfen Hall Farmhouse. House of the 16th century and later, altered in the 19th century. RCHM 3. Grade II. <2> Gladfen Hall, about 1 1/2 miles SSW of the parish church, is of two storeys; the walls are of plastered timber-framing; the roofs are tiled. It was built late in the 16th century, apparently on a rectangular plan with a small staircase wing in the middle of the east side. Early in the 17th century, a rectangular block was added at the east end, but it has been reduced in size and has modern additions on the north side, at the east end, and at the west end of the south side. The original chimney-stack has two hexagonal shafts with square caps and moulded bases on a rectangular base with a moulded capping. Inside the building in both the old blocks are chamfered ceiling-beams. Condition - good, except the original chimney-stack, which is to be rebuilt. <3> See also: <4>