The Medieval Belchamp Hall

It is not known for sure who the residents of the dwelling sited where the present Hall is located.

The 14th century saw Sir John de Botetourt have a Chantry Chapel in the church dedicated to him. He may have lived in Belchamp Walter but he "held" lands in neighbouring villages and the expansion of the Nave possibly the inclusion of the chapel may have been because he could.

It is documented that an Elzabethan Manor house was built on the site and this would have been in the 15th Century.

Much turmoil was afoot in the country at the time the resident of the Hall in the 15th Century was most probably not a yet a Wentworth although the owner of many manors.

Whatever was located where the Hall is now was contemporary with Munt Cottage.

The Medieval Hall at Belchamp Walter was located at the site of the present Queen Anne Style Hall. It is thought that some of the panelling in the "modern" Hall can still be seen. There is no documentation of of the Medieval Hall, which was probably built in the 14C and was proabably of a Vernacular construction of the period.

The construction was probably a Timber Framed building similar to Stanley Hall, Pebmarsh and Paycock's House in Coggeshall.