Hungry Hall Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1988. House. 7 related planning applications.

Hungry Hall Farmhouse

WRENN ID
sleeping-buttress-wind
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Country
England
Date first listed
29 July 1988
Type
House
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hungry Hall Farmhouse is a house that dates from the late 16th century, with extensions made in the early 17th century, 18th century, and 20th century. It is timber framed, plastered, and has a roof made of handmade red plain tiles. The house has two bays facing southwest, with an early 17th-century three-bay extension at the rear of the right bay, which features an internal stack at the junction. There is an 18th-century extension to the left of the main range, which was raised in the 20th century and has an axial stack at the end, along with a 20th-century extension beyond it. A single-storey range from the 19th or 20th century is located to the left of the rear extension, creating an irregular half-H plan. The building has two storeys, a cellar, and an attic.

The exterior includes four 20th-century casements and four additional casements in gabled dormers. There is a 20th-century door with a gabled canopy and four octagonal shafts on the main stack. The main range features jowled posts and unusual ogee braces at a shallow angle, which are trenched inside heavy studding. The left bay of this range has plain joists of various sections arranged longitudinally, while the right bay has a chamfered axial beam with plain joists of vertical section. Both ground-floor hearths have splayed sides, and there is a small, incomplete bread oven on the right side of the stack. The rear range contains chamfered binding beams with lamb's tongue stops and plain joists of vertical section. The left wall of this range retains 18th-century zigzag patterned external plaster, which is now enclosed. The upper storey has similar splayed hearths, but they are shallower, and there are two recesses for spices or gunpowder on the right side of the stack. The rear range also features one chamfered tie beam with lamb's tongue stops and plain attic joists. In the attic, a plaster panel is inscribed 'John Searl 1752', and a similar inscription can be found on a ridge tile now inside the house. Additionally, there are three early 17th-century panelled oak doors.

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