House Approximately 70 Metres South South East Of Boydell'S Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1986. House.

House Approximately 70 Metres South South East Of Boydell'S Farmhouse

WRENN ID
keen-mullion-elm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Country
England
Date first listed
19 March 1986
Type
House
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This house, located approximately 70 metres south-south-east of Boydell's Farmhouse, dates from the early 16th century or earlier, with alterations made in the 18th and 20th centuries. It is timber framed and plastered, topped with a thatched roof. The structure features a two-bay hall facing northwest, which includes a 17th-century stack in the right bay. To the right is a storeyed service bay, and to the left is a storeyed parlour or solar bay. An 18th-century two-bay crosswing extends from the left end to the rear, featuring an internal stack at the junction. There is a 20th-century single-storey extension in the rear angle, which is partly tiled and partly flat-roofed.

At the back of the right end, there is an 18th-century bakehouse that was originally free-standing but is now connected to the house. The building is one storey with attics. The ground floor has four 20th-century casement windows, while the first floor has three more, including two in swept dormers. A 20th-century door is located in front of a tiled lean-to porch. There is also one 18th-century wooden casement window in the left return wall, featuring rectangular leading and vertical saddle bars.

The house has jowled posts and heavy studding with arched bracing that is trenched to the inside. The large wood-burning hearth on the left side is made of 0.23 metre brickwork, with a chamfered mantel beam and lamb's tongue stops. A smaller hearth, which is back to back with the larger one, is blocked. The early 17th-century inserted floor in the hall consists of a chamfered transverse beam with lamb's tongue stops, plain joists of vertical section, and original rebated boards. The partition between the hall and parlour has been removed, and original wattle and daub remains in the rear wall. There are diamond mortices and shutter grooves for unglazed windows at each end of the upper storey. One tie beam has been severed, and another is missing. The roof, which is difficult to access, appears to be of collar-rafter construction and is smoke-blackened over the hall. This building has previously functioned as three cottages and still contains three staircases, despite now being a single house. There is a bread oven located at the rear right corner of the bakehouse, although access to it is blocked.

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