Ashdon And Homeleigh

THORPE-LE-SOKEN TM 1622-1722 8/87 7.5.85 HIGH STREET (south-west side)

Ashdon and Homeleigh (Tendring Estates)

GV II

House, now office and 2 houses. Circa 1600, altered in C19 and C20. Timber framed, partly clad with red brick in Flemish bond, partly plastered, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. 3 bays facing NE with central stack, forming a lobby-entrance, and rear wing, forming an irregular T-plan. C19 2-storey lean-to extension in right rear angle. Stair tower to rear of left end, and C20 2-storey extension beyond. Small C20 flat-roofed single-storey extension between rear wings. 2 storeys and attics. 5-window range of late C19 sashes of 4 lights in earlier apertures with flat brick arches. Central door of 6 fielded panels with early C19 fluted architrave and moulded flat canopy. At left end of front elevation, early C19 flush 6-panel door, the top 2 panels glazed, with similar but smaller architrave and canopy. In left ground floor room (now an office), chamfered transverse and axial beams with broach stops, joists plastered to the soffits, and wide wood-burning hearth with chamfered mantel beam, reduced. Oak panelling reported to be modern in this room behind present wall surfaces. Remainder of interior mainly concealed by modern finishes.

Listing NGR: TM1778122429