Limesbrook Farmhouse

TOLLESHUNT D'ARCY KELVEDON ROAD TL 91 SW (south side) 3/64 Limesbrook Farmhouse, formerly listed as 10.1.53 Limebrook Farmhouse - II

House. Early C16, altered in early C19. Timber framed, plastered, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. 3-bay range with long-wall jetty to S, and axial stack. C19 extension to W. 3-bay crosswing at E end, also jettied to S, with external stack at side. C19 extension to W. Early C19 narrow entrance range to N of main range, completing a rectangular plan, and altering a house originally facing S to face N. 2 storeys. N (entrance) elevation, ground floor, 2 C19/early C20 sashes and 3 C20 casements; first floor, one C19/early C20 sash, one early C19 sash of 3 + 6 lights and one of 16 lights. C20 door in C20 porch. Date 1504 inscribed in modern plaster. Hipped roof. S (garden) elevation, ground floor, one C18 3-light window with wrought iron casement, 2 C18 windows of 3 fixed lights, all with rectangular leading, and 2 C20 casements; first floor, 2 C17 3-light windows and one C18 3-light window, all with wrought iron casements. Both jetties plastered. Chamfered axial and transverse beams, cambered tiebeams. The RCHM (9) reported a beam with billet moulding, and a crownpost roof in the crosswing. Described as the manor of Langbrokes by P. Morant, The History and Antiquities of Essex, 1768, I, 399, and as Langbrokes in Chapman and Andre's map of 1777.

Listing NGR: TL9201112318