| Summary : The site lies on the south side of the Waveney valley, north-west of Holy Trinity Church. It comprises two separate areas: the moated site of Barsham Hall, and the remains of a building interpreted as a dovecote. The moat surrounds the north, west and east sides of a raised rectangular platform, standing up to 2 metres in height and measuring about 57 metres by 55 metres. The moat is about 10 metres wide, and is now largely infilled on the north and east sides, where the outer edges are marked by a scarp up to 0.5 metres high. The infilled southern arm probably survives as a buried feature. The central platform contains the buried remains of the 15th or 16th century hall and other buildings, and a house, originally the 1563 banqueting hall. The second area lies to the south and consists of the footings and buried remains of a circular building measuring approximately 10 metres in diameter and thought to have been a dovecote associated with the hall. The footings now stand to a height of about 0.3 metres. Scheduled. |
More information : (TM 395904) Barsham Hall (LB) (Remains of) Moat (LB) (1)
At moated Barsham Old Hall are the remains of Blennerhassett
Tower, and the barn, once the hall, has the Blennerhassett coat
of arms and the date 1563. (2)
In the great banqueting hall, now used as a barn, Sir John
Suckling housed a hundred yeomen at his own expense for King
Charles's Scottish war. (3)
...A medieval flint range nearly 300 ft. long, with fireplaces. (4)
Barsham Hall has been demolished.
The former banqueting hall (authy 3) at TM39589035 has had many
additions/alterations and is in sound condition. See Photographs.
Blannerhassett Tower has been demolished, the rubble remains
standing to a max. height of 0.3m., and are thickly shrub covered.
Published survey (25") of moat correct, this is now linked to
drainage but prob. originally surrounded the Hall.
DIAGRAMATIC MATERIAL OMITTED. (5)
The site lies on the south side of the Waveney valley, north-west of Holy Trinity Church. It comprises two separate areas: the moated site of Barsham Hall, and the remains of a building interpreted as a dovecote. The moat surrounds the north, west and east sides of a raised rectangular platform, standing up to 2 metres in height and measuring about 57 metres by 55 metres. The moat is about 10 metres wide, and is now largely infilled on the north and east sides, where the outer edges are marked by a scarp up to 0.5 metres high. The infilled southern arm probably survives as a buried feature. The central platform contains the buried remains of the 15th or 16th century hall and other buildings, and a house, originally the 1563 banqueting hall. The second area lies to the south and consists of the footings and buried remains of a circular building measuring approximately 10 metres in diameter and thought to have been a dovecote associated with the hall. The footings now stand to a height of about 0.3 metres. Scheduled. (6) |