Copeland House

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5221 7Q 78 SW 7/5 8.2.60

HIGH ROAD Fobbing (west side) Copeland House

II*

House. C14, with later alterations. Mid/late C19 weatherboard over timber frame; gabled old tile roof; C17 brick ridge stack. Inline open-hall house with cross passage and service end. One storey and attic; 2-window range. Two mid/ late Cl9 plank doors and C20 casements; mid/late C19 gabled dormer with 2-light casement. Two plank doors and mid/late Cl9 raking dormers to rear; mid C20 flat-roofed extension to rear left. Interior: notable for retention of rare Cl4 timber frame, finished to high standard of carpentry. Two-bay former open hall has moulded wall plates, arch-braced cambered moulded tie beam and 4-way bracing to octagonal-shafted crown post with moulded capital and base. Virtually unique A-framed wall with vertical studding between cross passage and service bay which retains joisting to original floor and mortices to soffit of centrally-placed lateral beam indicating its original division between buttery and pantry; 2 original doorways to cross passage. Only one other example of an 'A' frame construction has been recorded in Essex.

Listing NGR: TQ7167684152