Kitchen, Now Garage Approximately 10 Metres North West Of Hancocks is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1989. Garage, kitchen.
Kitchen, Now Garage Approximately 10 Metres North West Of Hancocks
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Epping Forest
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 January 1989
- Type
- Garage, kitchen
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a detached kitchen, now used as a garage, located approximately 10 metres northwest of Hancocks. It dates back to the 16th century and features a render over a timber frame with a gabled old tile roof. The structure is one storey high and consists of three bays. There are two sets of 20th-century double doors on the exterior.
Inside, the kitchen showcases three bays of high-quality timber framing with internal wall bracing. It has jowled posts that are braced to tie beams, supporting a clasped purlin roof with curved wind braces. The end bay is floored, while the two central bays were originally open to the roof and show significant soot-blackening along with steeply-raking braces to the central tie beam.
There are substantial remains of diamond-mullioned windows and the original entrance door, along with a replacement moulded window in the south gable. The soot patterns and the arrangement of openings suggest the presence of some form of fire hood, which is off-centre in one bay. This building is a remarkably complete example of a "medieval type" detached kitchen, associated with a late medieval hall house known as Hancocks.
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