Prested Hall (EHER 30030)

A 14th-17th century timber framed house, altered in the 19th century and extended in the 20th century. It is plastered and roofed with handmade red plain tiles.

September 1976. Field visit. Prested Hall (name confirmed) extensively restored and enlarged in 1934. Not outstanding. Published 1:2500 survey correct. <1> <2> July 1988. Grade II listed. A 14th-17th century timber framed house, altered in the 19th century and extended in the 20th century. It is plastered and roofed with handmade red plain tiles. The building is on a complex plan comprising a hall aligned approximately east-west, possibly originally an aisled hall, with a 16th and 17th century extension to the south. There are large 20th century extensions to the north, east and south, incorporating the historic structure in a larger building used from 1934 as a nursing home, and later as a residential institution. <3> <4> See photos <5>. Parts of the house may date to around 1527 (the modern inscription on the west porch) though there is little evidence of this as the house has been almost completely altered. The two-storied house is timber-framed and plastered. <6> <7> Domesday Manor. Two beehives mentioned at Domesday. <8> <9> Original HER entry merged with NRHE data transfer.