300, ROMAN ROAD

MOUNTNESSING

TQ69NW ROMAN ROAD 723-1/6/469 (North side) 20/02/76 No.300 (Formerly Listed as: BRENTWOOD ROMAN ROAD, Mountnessing (North West side) No.300)

II

House. c1800 and C20. Timber-framed and plastered, peg-tiled with end stacks. Plan comprises rectangular block of house with rear outshut. Also, C20 rear wing and adjoining porch, not of special interest and not a part of this listing. Total plan now L-shaped. 2 storey. Front elevation, 3 window range; all windows have plain frames and C20 renewed sashes with horns and glazing bars, 3x4 panes. Central C20 peg-tiled gabled porch, with 4 panelled door; panels flush and bead moulded. Porch sides each have a 4x4 paned C20 casement window. W stack original, E stack rendered except top that is rebuilt. E end elevation; house and outshut with stack external and first floor C20 2-light casement window to rear. W elevation similar, but with stack internal and ground floor C20 2-light casement window. Rear elevation: considerably masked by C20 addition to W end. E end, outshut has C20 triple casement window, wooden, with segment arched heads. C20 central dormer has similar window and leaded gable. INTERIOR: central passage and landing with rear stair - rebuilt in C20. Partitioning to rooms each side and outer wall framing of elm, slender studs with rudimentary primary bracing. First-floor joists of similar material - also softwood. Ground-floor fireplace at W end projects into room - rebuilt in C20 but original brickwork with wide lime mortar joints exposed in first-floor room above.

Listing NGR: TQ6275797517