Medieval manor and site of 16th century timber framed house, East Hall (EHER 82677)

Now destroyed. The site of a 16th century timber framed house which originally stood with in a moated enclosure (EHER 11217), but which was destroyed by a bomb during the Second World War, and was pulled down in 1964. A modern house replaces it. The house belonged to the manor of 'East Hall', recorded as 'Esthall' in 1374 and 1548. A 17th century bakehouse or brewhouse (EHER 11219) is still extant.

Manor of East and Southalls united. <1> 'Esthall' in 1374 and 1548. <2> East Hall is located mid-way between Church End and East End. It is first mentioned in the 1374 Court Rolls. The house stands within an incomplete rectangular moated enclosure, now dry (EHER 11217). The manors of East and South Hall were for many years in the same hands. East Hall came into the possession of the Riche family in the 16th century. The 16th century timber-framed house that stood within the medieval enclosure was damaged by a high explosive bomb in the Second World War and was pulled down in 1964 and replaced with the current building. In 1944 the land-owner Mr A.D. Martin gave the lands of East Hall, Church Hall and Clements to the nation, with East Hall becoming a seed trial site for the National Vegetable Research Station. A seventeenth century timber-framed and weatherboarded bakehouse or brewhouse survives some 30m to the east of East Hall, it is Listed Grade II (see EHER 11219). <3>