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thumb Ufford Hall is a Grade II * listed manor house in Fressingfield, Suffolk, England, dating back to the thirteenth century. There is another "Ufford Hall" (Grade 1 listed) in Cambridgeshire. == Description == Ufford Hall is a fine example of the timber-framed manor house, incorporating the medieval core of an earlier open-hall house. It is located on the outskirts of Fressingfield, a small village in Suffolk (population 900), which is 12 miles east of Diss, Norfolk and the A140, and a short drive from the coast at Southwold. At least twenty raised-aisled houses have been identified in the area, "forming a characteristic group, rarely found elsewhere in England".〔Emery, Anthony (2000), ''Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales'', Vol. II, Cambridge University Press, p. 24〕 The house is approached by a tree-lined drive and stands on a once fully moated site, of which two substantial arms remain to this day. It “is perhaps best glimpsed in summer when the sun is shining on the south front, with its rosy ochre coloured plaster walls and dark tiled roof”.〔Sandon, Eric (1977), ''Suffolk Houses, A Study of Domestic Architecture'', Woodbridge, Suffolk: Baron Publishing, 1977, p. 175〕 The Hall has attracted the attention of architectural historians, such as Pevsner〔Pevsner, Nikolaus (1961), ''The Buildings of England: Suffolk'', London: Penguin Books, p. 203〕 and Sandon,〔Sandon, op. cit.〕 and has been described as the “ultimate development (…) of the early hall house.”〔Cook, Olive & Edwin Smith (1983), ''The English House through Seven Centuries'', Overlook Press, p. 69〕 Its most noteworthy features include: cross-beamed ceiling in the parlour which has not been disturbed since the late fifteenth century or early sixteenth century; striking original sixteenth century mullioned and transomed windows; back-to-back stuccoed fireplaces on both floors and chimney stacks of Tudor origin; fine Jacobean dog-leg staircase with turned balusters and newel posts with ball finials. The latter is the last major addition to the house, which remains largely unaltered from the original. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ufford Hall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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