Little Barrington Hall (EHER 37934)

15th and mid 16th century timber-framed house. A building survey in 2022 highlighted that the historic wall framing across this bay had survived relatively intact.

NRHE data transfer: Little Barrington Hall Farm [NAT]. <1> Little Barrington Hall. House of the 15th and mid 16th century, with 20th century extensions forming the western side. RCHM 26. Grade II. <2> Little Barrington Hall, 1 1/2 miles north of the parish church, was built probably late in the 16th century, but has an 18th or 19th century wing at the back. On the south-east front the upper storey projects. The original chimney-stack has two diagonal shafts. Inside the building several of the walls are lined with late 16th or early 17th century panelling. (3) November 2022. Building survey. Historic Building Recording was undertaken prior to and during alteration and extension works in November 2022 which highlighted that the historic wall framing across this bay had survived relatively intact. It was constructed with a mid-rail, sill and wall plate, into which the stout wall studs, were framed into, all features typical of box frame construction, and stylistically synonymous with a 16th century date. The walls also incorporated external tension braces at both ground and first floor levels, a type of stiffening that became dominant from the mid 15th century onwards, while the form of the two former diamond mullioned unglazed windows, vertically aligned and central to the bay, suggest a date around the mid to later 16th century. <4>