Loft Hall

Loft Hall is a house dating from the late 18th century, constructed of red brick in Flemish bond with a hipped, peg-tiled roof. The building has been adapted from a 17th-century three-unit plan featuring an off-centre stack. It stands two storeys tall, with the east front displaying a window arrangement of 1:3:1 and a 20th-century pedimented porch supported by console brackets, which includes a glazed door. The eaves are adorned with a brick cyma moulded cornice featuring dentils. The windows are double-hung sashes with glazing bars set in segment-headed plain reveals. The south end has two windows, while the north end has one. There is a 20th-century pillared porch addition on the south side, next to a blocked doorway. Inside, the upstairs corridor features 16th or 17th-century panelling, possibly from the original house. There are also remnants of scribing for tuck pointing in the brick mortar on the east front and north side walls. The building is mentioned in Morant's 1768 work, "The History and Antiquities of the County of Essex."