Butlers Hall Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1952. House. 2 related planning applications.
Butlers Hall Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- blind-string-vetch
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 1952
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Butlers Hall Farmhouse is a house dating from the 15th century and early 17th century, featuring a timber frame and plastered exterior, with some exposed framing on the west side. The roofs are gabled and covered with peg tiles, including a large ridge line stack with four octagonal shafts and a smaller 'L' shaped stack at the north end. The house has an 'L' plan shape with a gabled crosswing that is off-centre on the long side. It stands two storeys high with attics, and the windows are double hung sashes with small panes.
There is an old lean-to porch against the crosswing, which has a curved arched door head. The structure comprises three main sections, with the earliest being the formerly jettied 15th or 16th-century crosswing. To the south lies an 'L' shaped two-storey section from the late 16th or early 17th century, notable for its substantial timber framing, jowled posts, and moulded and chamfered ground floor timbers. The internal wall bracing and arch braces to the tie beams have a distinctly flat profile.
The roof features two sets of butt purlins in each plane, with the upper set having long curving wind bracing. The floor includes double spine beams with soffit tenons and diminished haunches on the floor joists, while the scarf joints are halved and bladed. There is a large stack with back-to-back inglenook fireplaces and two arch-headed fireplaces on the upper floors. Two of the upper roofs contain 17th-century panelled partitions with carved friezes. A small, later stair tower is located at the rear. The short block to the north of the crosswing is primarily from the 17th century, featuring a side purlin wind-braced roof that has been significantly altered, and its ground floor front elevation is supported by a pair of large buttresses.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2019
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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