Hillam Hall
house in Hillam, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Hillam Hall is a historic building in Hillam, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.
The house was originally built for the Mouncey family, probably in the 17th century. Between 1827 and 1835 it was remodelled, in the Elizabethan Revival style. It was later divided into two houses, named Hillam Hall and West House. It was grade II listed in 1967.
The house is stuccoed, and has a coped stone slate roof with kneelers and finials. There is an H-shaped plan, the central range with four bays, a tall single storey on the left and two storeys on the right, and flanking gabled two-storey single-bay wings. On the front is an embattled porch, and a doorway with a four-centred arched head. The windows are mullioned or mullioned and transomed, some with hood moulds. In the gables are dated and inscribed shields.
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