Church Hall Farmhouse

KELVEDON LONDON ROAD TL 8418-8518 (north-west side)

9/245 Church Hall Farmhouse 2.5.53

GV II

House. Late C18. Timber framed, roughcast rendered, roofed with handmade red plain tiles. Double-range plan facing SW, with 2 internal stacks symmetrically placed between the ranges. C19/early c20 single-storey lean-to extension to left of rear range, roofed with asbestos tiles. C19 single-storey service range to rear left of red brick. 2 storeys and attics. Ground floor, one 019/early C20 square bay of casements with hipped roof, one window blocked. First floor, 2 early C19 tripartite sashes, originally of 4-12-4 lights; the outer sashes of the left window have been altered in C20 to 2 lights each. Central early C19 sash of 12 lights. Central early C19 door with 4 fielded panels and 2 flush panels, in doorcase with dentilled and moulded open pediment on carved scrolled brackets; fanlight with slender radial and scrolled tracery of cast iron. C20 rustic porch. Roofs of both ranges half-hipped at both ends. The right elevation (towards London Road) has on the ground floor one C20 French window and one early C19 sash of 16 lights with crown glass, on the first floor one early C19 sash of 12 lights, and on the attic storey 2 semi-circular lights with radial tracery. The left return retains one early C19 sash of 12 lights. Axial beams on the ground floor, transverse beams on the first floor, all boxed in. The rear service range retains the entrance and iron door of a large bread oven in situ, the main part of the oven demolished.

Listing NGR: TL8565118268