Little Oakley Hall (EHER 34370)

A house dated to the early 19th century, possibly of 18th century origin. It is built in gault brick in Flemish bond, some red brick and plaster, roofed with handmade red clay tiles.

Listed building description A house dated to the early 19th century, possibly of 18th century origin. It is built in gault brick in Flemish bond, some red brick and plaster, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. The main range faces SE, with an internal stack at each end. There is a crosswing to the left with an internal stack at rear, and a mid-19th century extension to left of it, and a 20th century flat-roofed single-storey extension to the rear of it. There is a crosswing to the right with one internal stack and an external stack to right, and a 19th century single-storey lean-to extension to right. There is a 20th century flat-roofed two-storey and single-storey extensions to rear of main range. Both crosswings project forwards. It is two storeys and attics. There is a central 19th century door with two round-headed lights in Tuscan portico. The roof of the main range is half-hipped. Where the interior framing has been exposed the posts are unjowled, the beams are plain or chamfered with runout stops, and the joists are plain and of deep vertical section, all typical 18th to 19th century features. <1> <2>