Grigg'S Farmhouse

TL 82 SW COGGESHALL

5/1 Grigg's Farmhouse

• II

House. C17 and early C19, altered in C20. Timber framed, plastered with some painted brick, roofed with handmade red plain tiles. C17 4-bay range facing NE with internal stack at right end, and C20 semi-circular single-storey extension to front. Early C19 3-bay range to left with internal stack at each end. 2 storeys and cellar. The right range has C20 casements. The left range has on the ground floor 2 original sashes of 16 lights with crown glass, and on the first floor 2 similar sashes and one of 12 lights over the central door. Flush 6-panel door in simple doorcase with moulded pediment on scrolled brackets. All rear windows are C20 casements, with a C20 half-glazed door. The right range has chamfered binding beams with lamb's tongue stops, and plain joists of vertical section. The left range has boxed axial beams and an original stair with wreathed moulded handrail, stick balusters and scrolled tread-ends. Shown as Gurton's Farm in tithe award of 1853 (Essex Record Office, D/CT 87).

Listing NGR: TL8367122357