Beaumont Rectory

BEAUMONT-CUM-MOZE CHAPEL ROAD TM 12 SE (south side) 5/4 Beaumont Rectory 29.4.52 GV II*

House. Circa 1800. Red brick in Flemish bond, roofed with old grey slate. Double-pile plan facing E, with 2 internal stacks symmetrically arranged, and one at rear left. 2 storeys with attics. 5-window range of original sashes of 12 lights with gauged flat brick arches, painted reveals and crown glass. In attic, 3 original sashes in semi-circular headed dormers. Central half-glazed door and overlight with marginal lights and panelled reveals, Greek Doric portico with triglyph frieze and 4 stone steps. Moulded stone cornice above first-floor windows, plain parapet with stone coping. Hipped mansard roofs. The left return has one original sash on the ground floor, 2 on the first floor and a similar attic window. The right return has one blind aperture and one original sash on each floor. Original lead rainwater heads and pipes. The rear elevation has a 3-window range of original sashes, 2 similar attic windows, and an off-centre 6-panel flush door with overlight, panelled jambs and soffit, dentilled and moulded flat canopy, and 6 stone steps with wrought iron handrails, all original. Walls connected with the house extend backwards from each rear corner for approx. 5 metres, each with one semi-circular recessed arch of gauged brick. The interior has the original 3-flight geometrical stair with scrolled tread ends, wreathed handrail and stick balusters, doors, architraves, skirtings, and folding shutters. The estate was acquired by Guy's Hospital c.1760 (P. Morant, The History and Antiquities of the County of Essex, 1768, I, 486); the house is reported to have been a rectory from c.1850 to c.1955.

Listing NGR: TM1777324977