Listed Building: SOTHERTON HALL (281999)

SOTHERTON TM 47 NW 6/40 Sotherton Hall (formerly 1.9.53 listed as Socherconhall Farmhouse) GV II Farmhouse. Late C16/early C17 with early C18 dairy wing see forward to the left hand side, attached to the main range by a short link. Timber framed and plastered. The roofs of the 2 ranges have plaintiles to the front and black pantiles at the rear; the linking section has glazed black pantiles. 2 storeys and attic. 2 cell form. 3 windows, large-paned sashes in flush frames; the left hand ground floor window has a surround with pilasters and entablature. Lobby entrance with 6-panel door (the upper 2 panels glazed), pilasters and entablature. Good internal stack, quite tall, with 4 flues combined in sawtooth fashion and with projecting shaped bricks at the base. The dairy wing has a shaped brick gable end (now plastered) with integral stack. Gabled staircase wing to rear. There is a ground floor fireplace with stone jambs and an arched wooden lintol, and an arched stone fireplace on the first floor. The stairs have a section of C17 turned balustrading. Some exposed studwork on the first floor. Listing NGR: TM4276778764