22, The Street

TL 8024 STISTED THE STREET (east side)

8/289 No. 22

GV II

Ancillary building of uncertain purpose, now incorporated in house. C17 or earlier, extended in C20. Timber framed, plastered, roofed with machine-made red plain tiles. Square plan, with C18 stack in S corner. C20 extension to SE, forming a house with entrance elevation to SW. 2 storeys. 2-window range of C20 casements, C20 glazed door. NW elevation (to The Street), 2 C20 casements on ground floor and one on first floor. Stack rebuilt above roof in C20. Some exposed re-used timbers in C20 jetty. One post at each corner, tenoned and pegged girts in each wall, tenoned and pegged studs at approximately 0.90 metre centres. C18 inserted floor comprising an irregular beam aligned NW-SE, and plain joists of vertical section, supported on nailed clamps. C18 wood-burning hearth of unusual semi-circular plan. SE top plate severed for access to remainder of upper storey. C20 roof. The original purpose of this building is unknown, but some industrial use is most likely, such as an oast. Horizontal lines of auger holes in the studding indicate the former presence of racks or shelves. Shown in a map of 1823 as part of a longer range of buildings (Essex Record Office, Q/RHi 4/39).

Listing NGR: TL8003024770