Beacon Hill Farmhouse

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TQ59NE CHURCH ROAD 723-1/5/527 (South side) 27/08/52 Beacon Hill Farmhouse (Formerly Listed as: BRENTWOOD BEACON HILL, Navestock Beacon Hill Farmhouse)

GV II

Formerly known as: Beacon Hill Farmhouse and Cottage. House. C17 with C18 and C19 alterations. Red brick, mainly English bond, roof hipped and slated. T-plan. 2 storeys. Wing at SW has 2 window range of flush cased sashes, segment headed on ground floor and straight at first floor with glazing bars and 12 panes each. One window blocked and painted in. SE front of main block has 4 window range and central door with flat topped brick porch with round headed arch, 3 windows only on first floor, sashes, flush frames, glazing bars, 12 panes each, all segment headed. Large external stacks at NE and SW ends of house. Rear of main block has large external stack. INTERIOR: timber framing exists within the cross-wing, possibly a stair tower. The cross-wing is said to have a number of small rooms and sub divisions suggesting that it is the earlier of the 2 blocks. RCHM records in cross-wing 2 windows with chamfered jowls and mullions. Also in house 2 rooms with original panelling and round headed doorways with moulded imposts and architraves. The E room has a round headed recess with pilasters and architrave. Barn immediately to SW timber-framed and weatherboarded with half hipped peg-tiled roof, may be listable but not examined. Beacon Hill Farmhouse forms a group with Beacon Hill Farm Cottage (qv). (RCHM: Central and SW Essex : Monument 7: 193).

Listing NGR: TQ5592998906