| Summary : Country house. Circa 1540 and circa 1580, for Sir William Leighton, incorporating parts of a 15th century house, with 17th century, circa 1889 and early 20th century alterations and additions. Red brick (English bond) with vitrified blue diapering and grey sandstone dressings; sides and rear of coursed grey sandstone rubble; stone slate roof, with gablets at ends of hall range. H-plan with gabled wings. 2 storeys and attic over basement. |
More information : (SO 53019647) Plaish Hall (NAT) (1)
Plaish Hall is an H-shaped, two storied brick and stone manor
house with gables and a Tudor front, "licensed" about 1520 but
mostly built 1590. The hall has open timber roof and minstrels
gallery. Grade 1. (2)
Plaish Hall is essentially a work of the later years of Henry VIII
(1509-1547). Probably built on the site of an earlier house as the
present south-west entrance was the front of an older stone house. (3)
"Plash Hall" was in existence in 1255. It was originally of stone,
portions of which still exist at the back of the brick edifice
forming the old front of the house (see auth 3). (4)
"Plaish Hall" (nameplate) is a large private residence of early
16th century date, incorporating on the south-west side the stone
front of an earlier house.
In good condition. (5)
A paper reassessing the structural history of the house. It seems that a late medieval stone house was largely rebuilt, perhaps in two stages in the late 16th century, when it was provided with a brick front. The previously ascribed date of c1540 for the rebuilding of this house is challenged on the basis that the Henrician ceiling in the south ground floor room of the east wing is in fact of a late 19th or early 20th century date (6)
Plaish Hall. Country house circa 1540 and c1580, for Sir William Leighton, incorporating parts of a C15 house, with C17, c1889 and early C20 alterations and additions. Grade I (see list for details) (7) |