Hall Farmhouse, 10 Stanford Lane, Cotes (Grade II)

Farmhouse with facade of mid C18, modified later, but concealing earlier core. T. Plan, 2 storeys. Brick with rubble plinth chamfered to main facade, pantiled roof. Main facade has central door in gable porch backing onto stack, renewed windows with cambered heads, and to right, a pent roofed projection for the staircase. The gabled wing has various brick stacks and has been extended further to NE in C19. Internally, it is clear that this wing forms the earliest part of the house (early C17) with substantial remains of timber framing visible in 1st floor partition walls. Collar beams with arch bracing and vertical studding. Wall plate visible in SE wall. Interior gable of main range also timbered. A ground floor room in the wing has a well-beamed ceiling and bressumer for inglenook, both with run-out chamfers, and there is a small room with close-spaced and roughly shaped timber beams. An upper room in the main range also contains a large ceiling beam with run-out chamfer. Adjoining the house to the rear is a pump with wood case and decorated leadwork to spout, inscribed W.H. 1777.