21, Church Green is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1966. House. 1 related planning application.
21, Church Green
- WRENN ID
- pitched-cinder-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 October 1966
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 17th-century house, extended in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. The house is timber-framed, with plaster infill and a roof covered in handmade red plain tiles. The main range, facing southeast, has three bays and a 19th-century external stack on the right end. A rear wing from the 18th or 19th century extends from the right end of the main range. A lower, two-bay wing from the early 17th century is situated to the left, with a 19th-century axial stack at the junction. A parallel range from the 20th century runs behind both of the original parts, completing a rectangular plan.
The house has one storey with attics. The ground floor features three 19th/20th-century casement windows and one 18th-century splayed oriel. The first floor has two 20th-century casement windows in a lean-to dormer on the left wing, and two 19th-century horizontal sash windows in gabled dormers on the main range. A 20th-century door provides entry. A beam with a long tusk-tenon and an ovolo moulding projects through the front wall of the main range, and a similar beam and tusk-tenon are present in the left wing, although not moulded. A 20th-century casement window in a flat-roofed dormer is found on the right return of the rear wing.
Inside, the right bay of the main range contains a chamfered axial beam with a lamb's tongue stop on one side and a notch stop on the other, with a similar projecting and inserted beam at the bay post. The left wing has a similarly treated beam with stops. The joists are predominantly of vertical section, some having been sand-blasted. The roof is a clasped purlin construction. In the left wing, the original joists are square in section, with some later vertical replacements. Externally, a collar is visible on the left return of the roof, with one collar missing and another reduced in depth.
The main range and left wing were originally single-storey structures, with floors added shortly after their initial construction. It is possible that one or both were originally non-domestic buildings. The property was depicted as an isolated house on a map of 1731, at which time the road was named New Row. Jowled posts and primary straight bracing are visible within the studded walls.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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