Farmstead record ERL 226 - Farmstead: Eriswell Hall

Eriswell Hall is a farmstead visible on the 1st Ed Os map. The farmstead is laid out in a regular E-plan with additional detached elements. The farmhouse is detached and set away from the yard. The farmstead sits alongside a public road in an isolated location. This farmstead survives intact with conversion for commercial use. (S2-5)

15th C manor house with a high quality moulded timber-frame. The current house is a large cross wing, which shows evidence for a great hall being demolished and rebuilt in the 16th C. This includes a moulded beam at the head of the screen between the great hall and cross passage. The service range was significantly altered in the 19th C, at which time many areas of this section of the house were rebuilt. Areas of 17th C painted decoration also survive at the house (S1).

Recorded as part of the Farmsteads in the Suffolk Countryside Project. This is a purely desk-based study and no site visits were undertaken. These records are not intended to be a definitive assessment of these buildings. Dating reflects their presence at a point in time on historic maps and there is potential for earlier origins to buildings and farmsteads. This project highlights a potential need for a more in depth field study of farmstead to gather more specific age data.