Dengie Manor

TL 90 SE DENGIE ASHELDHAM/ ROAD

5/85 Dengie Manor 10.1.53 GV II

House. C17 or earlier origin rear ranges, with C18 front range. Part timber framed and plastered, part painted brick. Front range with hipped and sprocketed red plain tiled roof, projecting eaves. Left and right red brick chimney stacks. 2 storeys and attics. 3 gabled dormers with C19 2 light casements, 2 small paned vertically sliding sashes with shutters to first floor, 2 angled bays with dentilled and moulded cornices, windows as first floor. Left return, central first floor window and shutters, pilasters and moulded flat canopy on brackets to central doorway, door with small paned top light, approached by a flight of steps with ornate iron railings with S balusters. Interior features include panelled doors, 2 fluted columns in hall and fine stick baluster staircase. Rear left single storey range of painted brick, weatherboarded return. Panelled door to left and 4 window range of small paned vertically sliding sashes. The house was the seat of the Fanshawe family from C16-1927, including Thomas, 1st and 2nd Lord Fanshawe, Sir Henry Fanshawe 1569-1616. RCHM 2.

Listing NGR: TL9889401603