Barrow Hall Farmhouse

Barrow Hall Farmhouse is a house from the 18th century, possibly with earlier origins. It is constructed of red brick and features a red plain tiled double range roof, with chimney stacks on both the right and left sides of each range. The building has an eaves cornice and stands two storeys high, with a five-window range of vertically sliding sashes, small paned on the ground floor and with horns on the first floor. The central entrance consists of a six-panel door with a moulded surround and a moulded open pediment, accessed by a stepped approach. There are tumble-in brickwork buttresses at the right front and rear angles. Historically, this was one of the two manors of Great Wakering, occupied around 1763 by John Rush, while M. Peacock was the Lord of the Manor of Barrow Hall, and the farm was occupied by J.A. Dean. Notably, John Wakering, Bishop of Norwich, who built the West Tower of Little Wakering Church, lived at Barrow Hall from 1416 to 1425. The site is moated. References include Philip Morant's "The History of Essex" from 1763 and Kelly's Directory from 1912.