Berwick Hall (EHER 6803)

House built in the first half of 17th century, with additions and alterations in 18th and 20th centuries. The house is of two storeys with attics and is constructed of timber-framing and plaster, with a tiled roof. A medieval moat on the site was recorded as being incomplete in 1916.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Berwick Hall and moat, about 500 yards WSW of the church. The house is of two storeys with attics; the walls are of plastered timber-framing, and the roofs are tiled. It was built in the first half of the 17th century, on an L-shaped plan with the wings extending towards the north and west. At the end of the west wing are 18th century and modern extensions, and the addition between the wings is also modern. At the east font at the end of the west wing, a small gable bears the date 1635. On the south elevation is a chimney-stack with modern shafts on an original base, which has a sunk panel with remains of an inscription and a date, possibly also 1635. On the west elevation the north wing has three projecting gables, and there are two original chimney-stacks modern at the top. Inside the building, on the ground floor, the south-east room has a moulded ceiling-beam with a carved soffit; and other rooms have stop-chamfered ceiling-beams and shaped and moulded wall-posts. Condition - of house, good. <1> 17th century building. <2> Early 17th century house, altered in the 18th and 20th centuries. Timber-framed and plastered, roofed with handmade tiles. 18th century, 18th to 19th century extensions. Date panel in the chimneystack now blank. Clasped purlin roof with original floorboards. Original partition in attic. 19th century cast iron pump about 8m west of the house. RCHM 3. Grade II. <3> See also: <4>