East Layton Old Hall

Heritage listing

Details EAST LAYTON EAST LAYTON 5339 NZ 10 NE 4.2.69 6/28 East Layton Old Hall and attached garden gateway (formerly listed as Old Hall (now Post Office) and House occupied by Mr L Leyburn) GV II Manor house with added cottage, now part of house, and attached garden gateway. Medieval origins to house, with alterations dated 1623, C19 and C20 additions, late C17 - early C18 garden gateway. Early C17 work for Sir Thomas Laton. House: sandstone rubble with some ashlar dressings, C20 pantile and stone slate roofs. 2 storeys and loft. East front: 1:2:2 first-floor windows. Main house: right-hand 4 bays. Quoins. From left: C20 vertically-panelled door below deep lintel, 16-pane sash window on first floor above; next bay projects slightly, with 2-light window in C20 double- chamfered surround on ground floor, and 2-light double-chamfered mullion window on first floor; large projecting stepped external stack, with two 4- pane fire windows in double-chamfered surrounds on ground floor; 2-light double-chamfered mullion window on ground floor, single-light double- chamfered window and 2-light double-chamfered mullion window on first floor. Shaped kneeler and ashlar coping to left. Stack at right end. To left, added bay with quoins to left, small 4-pane window below deep lintel on ground floor and 16-pane window on first floor. Ashlar coping to left, ashlar stack to left end. Roofs have the lower half of stone slate and the upper half of pantiles. To left, and partly incorporated into added bay, garden gateway of ashlar, with central round-arched opening, rebated and with hooks and crooks for gate; flanked by shell niches; entablature carried on 2 consoles with jewelled strapwork. Rear: on ground floor, two 16-pane sash windows flanking blocked doorway and with another blocked door

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.