Cornish Hall Farmhouse (EHER 1465)

House, built in late the 16th century and altered in the 18th century, now a farmhouse. It is of two storeys with attics and was timber-framed and plastered, with tiled roofs. There is a partly obliterated moat associated with the house.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: House is two-storied, with attics. Walls are timber-framed and plaster-covered. Late 16th or early 17th century on a roughly rectangular plan, with a 1700 wing added on the south to make an L-shaped plan. Some gables with original barge boards. Back door original, mouldings planted on. Original central chimneystack. Inside are two rooms with cambered ceiling-beams, several panelled or battened doors of about 1600. On 1st floor of the south wing, one room with deal panelling of 1700, panelled overmantel to fireplace. Two panelled cupboards also on 1st floor. A partly obliterated moat lies at Cornish Hall. <1> Cornish Hall, farmhouse and moat, about 1 3/4 miles north of the church. The house is of two storeys with attics; the walls are timber-framed and covered with plaster; the roofs are tiled. It was built late in the 16th century on a roughly rectangular plan, but about 1700 a wing was added on the south, making the plan L-shaped, with the wings extending towards the east and south. There is a small modern addition on the north side. The gable at the west end of the main block has original barge-boards, carved with guilloche pattern, now much worn. At the west end of the north or back elevation is a gable with plain original barge-boards, and the back door is original, with mouldings planted on. The south wing has a wooden eaves-cornice of about 1700. The original central chimney-stack has four octagonal shafts with moulded bases, and a moulded capping to the stack. Inside the building, on the ground floor, two rooms have chamfered ceiling-beams, and there are several panelled or battened doors of about 1600; one door has an ornamental hinge. On the first floor of the south wing one room has deal panelling of about 1700, with a moulded architrave and panelled overmantel to the fireplace. At the head of the staircase are four turned balusters. There are two panelled cupboards also on the first floor. Condition - of house, good. Grade II. <2> Moat (NR). <3> See: <4> <5>