Hill Cottage

TL 4521 LITTLE HADHAM MILLFIELD LANE (east side) Bury Green

12/8 Hill Cottage

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GV II

House. C16. Timberframed. Steep half-hipped thatched roofs. Tall red brick chimney rising at junction of wings, with later additional flue on W for W wing. Walls plastered with weatherboarded apron and side walls of W wing. L-plan facing S. A most interesting and complete C16 range, possibly associated with a hall to W replaced by later W wing. Marked as 'Clarkes' on Clintons Estate map of 1588 (HRO). Single storey W wing rebuilt in late C17, possibly shortened to 1 bay later. Low pantiled lean-to in angle in 1969. Main accommodation in E part, of 2 storeys with N room and S room on each floor. Lobby and cross stair taken out of rear (N) rooms. S rooms heated by external lateral chimney on W, with a lobby entrance on its S flank taken out of W wing, and fireplace on each floor. Dripboards on brackets across gables at eaves level. Small 2- light wooden casements renewed. Plank door painted. Exposed timbers inside, with close-studding, tension braces, heavy jowled posts, roughly finished 4 bay clasped purlin roof probably underceiled up to collars originally. Central cross partition plastered up to apex of roof. Axial floor beams chamfered and stopped. Square joists. Lower W wing is timberframed and plastered up roof slope and under collars. Formerly had separate S entrance. Corner-ties across NE and SE corners on wall plate. Interior of E part virtually unchanged with brick floors in place.

Listing NGR: TL4506021635