Seven Winds

Seven Winds is a range of four attached cottages that have been converted into one house. It dates from the 18th century to early 19th century, with alterations made in the late 19th century and in 1981. The building is timber framed, featuring a facade of red brick laid in Flemish bond, while the remainder is plastered. The roof is covered with handmade red plain tiles.

The single-span range faces northeast and has two internal stacks positioned in front of the central axis. There is a full-length lean-to extension at the rear and a porch extension on the right side, added in 1981. The house is one storey high with attics. It has four 20th-century casement windows, each with a plastered recess above featuring a two-centred head. There are also four similar casements located in blocked doorways that have been bricked up to the sill, with matching recesses above. Additionally, there are two 20th-century casements in gabled dormers and a 20th-century door in the porch on the right.

The original rear wall is made of plastered brick up to about one metre high and includes two door openings on the right side, while the left side is missing. The construction features light studding, primary straight bracing, and is nailed together. The end tiebeams are halved or tenoned to the wallplates, while the internal tiebeams are lap-dovetailed but have been severed for doorways. The light joists have a plain vertical section, and some timber has been reused.

There are four hearths, all of which were altered in 1981. Originally, all hearths had segmental arches supported by iron strips; in two, the arches were replaced with inserted mantel beams, one retains the arch with a mantel beam below, and one has an intact arch but has had the side of the hearth cut back and rebuilt. The building is depicted on a map from 1823 held at the Essex Record Office.