Grass Green Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 August 1984. House. 1 related planning application.
Grass Green Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- sheer-tallow-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 August 1984
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Grass Green Farmhouse is a house dating from the 16th century, with alterations made in the early 17th century and the 20th century. It is timber framed and plastered, with a roof covered in machine-made red clay tiles. The main range is three bays long and aligned northwest to southeast, featuring an axial chimney stack at the southeast end of the middle bay. There is a three-bay northwest crosswing that jetties out to the northeast. The farmhouse has a modern single-storey rear extension with a slate lean-to roof. The main range is a single storey with attics, while the crosswing has two storeys.
The exterior includes a 20th-century door and four 20th-century casement windows. Below the jetty, there are two plain brackets and exposed joist ends. On the first floor, there are two 20th-century casement windows, one of which is located in a swept dormer. Inside, the structure features jowled posts. The floor in the southeast bay is original, made of lodged joists with a square section arranged longitudinally. The middle bay has a floor added around 1600, with a plain-chamfered axial beam and plain-chamfered joists of horizontal section that include lamb's tongue stops. The northwest bay of the main range is open, serving as a stair hall. The crosswing contains plain-chamfered binding and bridging beams with step stops, as well as plain-chamfered joists of horizontal section with step stops.
A significant renovation in 1967 led to some alterations in the southwest bay and the rebuilding of the roof. Both internal tiebeams in the main range have been removed. The large wood-burning hearth, made of 330mm brickwork, dates to around 1600. Evidence suggests that this building was originally a late hall house that was converted to have an upper storey throughout around 1600.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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