Chrishall Grange

TL 44 SW FOWLMERE CHRISHALL ROAD (West Side) 5/107 Chrishall Grange (formerly listed in 26.11.51 parish of Chrishall, Essex) GV II* Small country house. Early C18 with C19 alterations and additions. Red brick with random burnt brick headers in Flemish bond; gauged and moulded brick details. Red plain tiled double pile roof and roofs to rear wing. Two storeys with attics and original service basement, rectangular plan of symmetrical five and three 'bays' with added C19 service wing and attached coach house in similar style. Moulded brick cornice and moulded brick copings to pair of shaped gables in side elevations and rear wing. Band between floors of four brick courses; plinth. Three stacks each with four attached octagonal shafts and similar gable end stack to C19 service wing and bakehouse chimney. South elevation: Five 'bays' with central 'bay' slightly advanced. Main entrance approached by five original stone steps with moulded edges; early C19 double glazed doors, reeded architrave with corner bosses, large rectangular fanlight with cast iron glazing bars in flat gauged brick arch with unsupported flat canopy. Four ground floor and five first floor slightly recessed twelve-paned hung sash windows with moulded frames. Two C19 canted bay windows with hung sashes in east elevation, and two original attic casements. Interior: Basement plan complete with cooking hearth and evidence for baking oven and other facilities; ground floor plan unaltered, staircase hall with C18 limestone pavings and fine open string staircase with closely set balusters and moulded hand rail, C18 raised and fielded panelling and panelled window shutters, some C18 doors. C19 details include replacement doors, marble chimney pieces and panelling. Rear service wing retains original C19 details. Possibly built for Nicholas Pollerfen 1704 sold to J. Manchett 1717 to remain in the family till 1769; then sold by the Brand family in 1822 to T. Brand, Lord Dacre. R.C.H.M. North Essex, p66 V.C.H., Vol. VI, p208

Listing NGR: TL4430642730