Great Warley Hall (EHER 6085)

A 17th century house, now two tenements and a barn. The house is 'T-shaped' in plan. Summary from record 29770: C16 timber framed pair of unit system houses, now joined.

A 17th century house, now two tenements and a barn. The house is 'T-shaped' in plan. There is a 'modern' addition. The walls are 'now' mainly weatherboarded. <1> First mentioned as 'Walley Hall' in the reign of James I. As 'Wileigh Hall' is on Chapman and Andre map of 1777, and in source <2>. As 'Welegh Hall' on 1st Edition OS map. <2> - <5> December 1967. Grade II listed. Pair of 16th century 'Unit System' houses, now joined. Clasped purlin roof. 'This appears to be a pair of houses occupied originally by two separate households farming the same land, later used as cottages'. A barn approximately 40m west south west is 17th century in date with a clasped purlin roof. A midstrey was added in the late 17th-early 18th centuries. A barn 40m to the south west is 15th century, altered in the 20th century. A midstrey was added in the 17th century. Originally this barn had a pitched roof but has been re-roofed as a lean-to, probably at the time that thatch was replaced by corrugated iron (post 1960). <6> See photos <7>. See aerial photograph <8>. NRHE data transfer: Great Walley Hall (NAT). <9> December 1975. Field survey. The Hall is now two cottages and is not outstanding. <10>