Bridge House

FEERING FEERING HILL TL 8619-8719 (south-east side)

8/100 No. 18 (Bridge House) 21.12.67 (formerly listed in one item with 'Tacoma', now No. 20 (Timbers) to the NE)

GV II

House. C16, altered in C17 and C18. Timber framed, plastered with some weatherboarding, roofed with handmade red plain tiles. 4 bays aligned NW-SE, with entrance elevation at NW end. Axial stack of c.1600 in second bay from SE end, and late C17 stair tower to NE of it. C20 extension to SE of stair tower. 2 storeys and attics. NW elevation (to Feering Hill), 2-window range of C18/early C19 sashes of 12 lights, and one of 4 + 4 lights on first floor. Some crown glass. 6-panel door at left end of elevation, the top 2 panels glazed, in eared doorcase with pediment head. Wooden dentilled eaves cornice. Roof hipped. The NE elevation of the stair tower is partly weatherboarded, with an C18 transomed 3-light window with wrought iron casement and rectangular leading. The 4-bay range was built in the C16 as a crosswing to an earlier hall house to the NE, now no. 18 (Timbers), with a long-jetty entrance elevation to the SW, at that time facing the road bridge over the River Blackwater. A bridge was built on the present line of Feering Hill c.1780, and the re-styling of the house to face Feering Hill probably dates from that time. The jetty is now underbuilt. Moulded axial and transverse beams throughout. Hollow-chamfered joists of horizontal section with runout stops in the 2 NW bays, plain joists of horizontal section in the SE bay. 2 wood-burning hearths back to back of 0.33 metre brickwork, both mantel beams replaced. Late CL7 open-well stair of high quality, with moulded strings and handrails and twist-turned balusters, meriting special care.

Listing NGR: TL8663319250