Essex Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1984. A C16 House.

Essex Cottage

WRENN ID
deep-rubblework-scarlet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Country
England
Date first listed
13 December 1984
Type
House
Source
Historic England listing

Description

TL 4032 ANSTEY SNOW END (East side)

7/30 Essex Cottage -

GV II

House. C16 or earlier. Hall floored and chimney inserted in C17. Restored in C20. Timber frame roughcast with steep half-hipped thatch roof. A long, 5-bay, 1½ storeys house facing W with internal chimney a third from S end and later gable chimney added to N end. W front on roadside has 4 windows and 2 dormers at the eaves. 2- and 3-light flush casement windows with leaded glazing. Battened door in middle with a red brick bulge of an oven to RH. Flat-laid rafters visible at eaves. Interior has evidence of former open hall, with slots for braces in bay posts in S bay flanking inglenook. Butt ends of cut-off tie-beam above, and at back of chimney a fragment of tie-beam and one supporting brace. (Bailey (1980)23).

Listing NGR: TL4039732429

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