Boyles Court Cottages

Boyles Court Cottages comprise a pair of cottages located on Dark Lane in Great Warley, Brentwood. No.6 dates to the early 17th century, while No.7 was built in the late 17th century. The cottages are timber-framed and plastered, with a peg-tiled roof.

No.6 is a one-storey and attic cottage. Its north gabled end features a large external early 17th-century stack with rebuilt diagonally set shafts. The east-facing front elevation has a two-window range, with a central boarded front door set within a simple lean-to porch with a peg-tiled roof. The windows have 18th or 19th-century frames housing 2-light casements with renewed glazing bars, each light arranged as 2x3 panes. Dormers above have similar windows and are covered with peg tiles. A 20th-century flat-roofed rear addition and a lean-to in 20th-century brick are present. A 18th or 19th-century stack emerges through a catslide roof at the rear. The north gable end is punctuated by a 20th-century attic window with 2x2 panes to the west of the stack. Inside, the early 17th-century framing is visible, with 2 bays of unjowled posts, deep-sectioned floor joists featuring diminished haunched tenons with pendant soffits, and a bridging joist integrated into the stack. A ground-floor fireplace has been narrowed. The house and stack appear to be of a single build, with some English bond brickwork visible.

No.7 is smaller than No.6, with a lower roofline and is also a one-storey and attic cottage, with an internal 18th or 19th-century stack at the south end. The front elevation has a two-window range and a central boarded front door within a lean-to porch with a peg-tiled roof. The door frame has 19th-century bead moulding. The windows have 19th-century frames with 2-light casements, each light arranged as 2x3 panes. Dormers above match the ground-floor windows. The rear, west-facing elevation has a rendered and colourwashed addition with a slate roof, featuring three 20th-century casement windows with glazing bars—one 4x4 panes, and two 4x3 panes. The south end elevation has a simple 20th-century door with a rectangular fanlight, and a 2x3 pane glazing arrangement. A single 20th-century 3-light casement window and a 20th-century attic casement window with 2x2 panes are also present. Inside No.7, the 18th-century framing shows primary bracing and waney edge timber.