West Stow Hall
Has been described as a Possible Fortified Manor House
There are masonry ruins/remnants remains
| Name | West Stow Hall |
| Alternative Names | Westow Hall |
| Historic Country | Suffolk |
| Modern Authority | Suffolk |
| 1974 Authority | Suffolk |
| Civil Parish | West Stow |
Remains of an early C16 moated house and gatehouse. The brick-built gatehouse dates from the 1520s. It is three storeyed with polygonal turrets and was originally detached from the house, standing on the opposite side of the moat. In the late C16, the two were linked by a brick colonnade, which forms a base for a timber framed superstructure. Only three bays of the early C16 house survive. Documentary sources suggest that this house was quadrangular in plan, set around a central courtyard. The present house was in use as a farmhouse in 1813 and was altered during the early C19. During this work a number of Elizabethan wall paintings were uncovered on the eastern side of the chimney stack within the gatehouse. The moat pre-dates C16 house, having formerly surrounded a medieval house on the same site. No trace of this building survives. (PastScape)
The gatehouse of the 1520s has 2 gunports. (Kenyon, 1977)
Not scheduled
This is a Grade 1 listed building protected by law
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| OS Map Grid Reference | TL816708 |
| Latitude | 52.3059196472168 |
| Longitude | 0.662180006504059 |
| Eastings | 581610 |
| Northings | 270870 |
