Pricketts Hall

BURES HAMLET COLNE ROAD TL 83 SE (west side) 4/38 (27/166) Pricketts Hall 7.8.52 II House. C16 or earlier. Timber framed, partly weatherboarded, partly plastered, thatched roof with valleys of red clay tiles. 4 bays facing E, with axial chimney stack one bay from left end, forming a lobby-entrance, C16 or earlier. Rear wing from right end, C17, forming an L-plan, with external chimney stack on right side. C18 bread oven attached to this stack, complete. 2 storeys. Front is plastered, with 2-window range of horizontally sliding sashes of 18 lights on the ground floor, 12 lights on the first floor. 4-panel door, upper panels glazed. Above the door, inscription in the plaster: S W A 1769 Grouped diagonal shafts on main stack. Restricted access to interior in April 1984. Ground floor room to right of main stack has a chamfered axial beam with lamb's tongue stops, and plain joists of horizontal section. Formerly known as Upper Jennies Farm. RCHM 9.

Listing NGR: TL8883032726