More information : [SJ 70907544] Holford Hall [G.T.]. (1)
Holford Hall was built probably in the last quarter of the 16th c.
(4) and originally consisted of three parts of a quandrangle the
fourth side of which was formed by the moat and a 14thc. - 15thc.
stone bridge. (2).
About 1884 one wing had to be demolished. [The Auth. 3
photographs show the hall prior to this.] The remaining portion is
in poor condition and of little interest. (3).
[See AO/62/169/1 & 2.]. (2-5)
Holford Hall is not an outstanding example of its period.
See GP AO/64/224/6.
The water-filled northern portion of the moat remains but
the remainder has been filled in.
Published survey (25") revised. (6)
An evaluation in 1991 revealed the sandstone foundations of the original north wing of the hall, medieval or early post-medieval in
date, as well as other features representing occupation from the
sixteenth century to the present day. (7)
Holford Hall. Farmhouse, mid-17th century. Timber-framing with rendered infill and stone slate roof. Grade 2*.
Stone bridge crossing the moat at Holford Hall. Late 17th century. Grade 2. (8)
SJ 7090 7540. Holford Hall moated site. Scheduled RSM No 13498.
The island measures c.100m x 80m and is surrounded on all sides save
the SW by a waterlogged moat c.20m wide x 1.5m deep to the water
level. Access to the island is via the 17th century sandstone bridge
across the NE arm and a causeway across the SE arm. The moat's SW
arm was infilled this century but is located as a change in the
vegetation cover. A chapel survived on the island until the
1920s/30s. The present house is a fragment of a much larger timber
house consisting of three sides of a quadrangle rebuilt in the early
17th century for Mary Cholmondeley, heiress of Christopher Holford
of Holford. The S wing collapsed and was demolished in 1844. The N
wing was demolished during the 1880s. Photographs of the N wing show
it to have been earlier than what survives. (9)
, Part of a timber-framed mansion. It is reached by a stone bridge across a moat. The gable is decorated by concave lozenges, double curved diagonal braces and angled pilasters (10). |