Cofton Hall is a country house on the Lickey Hills near Cofton Hackett, in the Bromsgrove District of north east Worcestershire, England. [1] It is a Grade II* listed building. [2]
Most of the original 14th century building has been destroyed, by a deliberate fire during the English Civil War after a visit by King Charles I, however the hall with a hammer-beam roof survives. The rest of the building was constructed in the 18th century.
The 14th century Hall was originally a timber framed house. The stone walls were added in the Victorian era. [3]
King Charles I stayed at the hall on the night of 14 May 1645 as guest of the owner, Thomas Jolliffe, during the English Civil War. [4] The following day, before marching to Chester on 15 May, the Royalist soldiers set the Hall ablaze to prevent it falling into the hands of the Parliamentarian Army. [5] Only the great hall survived. [6]
The three-storey six- bay building has a tiled roof. [2] The entrance has a portico with two doric columns. [2] The west wing encloses the hall with a hammer-beam roof. [7] The old hall is 38 feet (12 m) long and 21 feet (6.4 m) wide. The roof has nine hammer-beams with spandrel brackets. [8] These rest on octagonal corbels of wood. [4] Each side of the roof has three compartments divided by purlins. [4]
Beneath the house, and extending beyond their walls are a series of corridors and chambers, totalling more than 200 feet (61 m). This includes a series of "streams", one brick wide and one brick high, which provide a cooling system to three of the chambers. These drain into a sump about 100 yards (91 m) from the house. [9]
The area around the house are the remains of the foundations of older buildings. [7]
52°22′24″N 1°59′11″W / 52.3732°N 1.9865°W
Cofton Hall is a country house on the Lickey Hills near Cofton Hackett, in the Bromsgrove District of north east Worcestershire, England. [1] It is a Grade II* listed building. [2]
Most of the original 14th century building has been destroyed, by a deliberate fire during the English Civil War after a visit by King Charles I, however the hall with a hammer-beam roof survives. The rest of the building was constructed in the 18th century.
The 14th century Hall was originally a timber framed house. The stone walls were added in the Victorian era. [3]
King Charles I stayed at the hall on the night of 14 May 1645 as guest of the owner, Thomas Jolliffe, during the English Civil War. [4] The following day, before marching to Chester on 15 May, the Royalist soldiers set the Hall ablaze to prevent it falling into the hands of the Parliamentarian Army. [5] Only the great hall survived. [6]
The three-storey six- bay building has a tiled roof. [2] The entrance has a portico with two doric columns. [2] The west wing encloses the hall with a hammer-beam roof. [7] The old hall is 38 feet (12 m) long and 21 feet (6.4 m) wide. The roof has nine hammer-beams with spandrel brackets. [8] These rest on octagonal corbels of wood. [4] Each side of the roof has three compartments divided by purlins. [4]
Beneath the house, and extending beyond their walls are a series of corridors and chambers, totalling more than 200 feet (61 m). This includes a series of "streams", one brick wide and one brick high, which provide a cooling system to three of the chambers. These drain into a sump about 100 yards (91 m) from the house. [9]
The area around the house are the remains of the foundations of older buildings. [7]
52°22′24″N 1°59′11″W / 52.3732°N 1.9865°W