Bossall Hall is a historic building in Bossall, a village in

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in England. A quadrangular castle was constructed in Bossall by Paulinus de Bossall in the 14th century, surrounded by a moat. It was demolished in the early 17th century by Robert Belt, who constructed a new hall within the moat, probably reusing building materials from the castle. It was partly rebuilt in the 18th century, and its external appearance now dates to this period;

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describes it as "not outstanding". The building was

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in 1953, and the site, including the largely-intact moat, was made a

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in 1993. It was put up for sale in 2020, with a guide price of more than £2 million. The house is built of brick, with an M-shaped tile roof. There are two storeys and attics, a double-depth plan, eight

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, and rear service wings. The doorway has a divided

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, the windows are

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with flat brick arches, and in the attics are five

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s with casements. There are two projecting chimney stacks flanked by small 17th-century casement windows with decorative brick

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s. There are drainpipe heads dated 1726 and 1798. Inside, there is an 18th-century wooden staircase, and wooden panelling in the central room, of similar date.

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