Little Hadham Place 350 Metres South Of Road

Little Hadham Place is a house located 350 metres south of Standon Road in Little Hadham. It dates from the 17th century and was significantly enlarged in the early and mid-19th century. Originally a farmhouse known as the Hull, it was purchased by Nicholas Segar, who died in 1828, and transformed into a private residence.

The building has a rambling Z-plan layout and faces east, with a service courtyard to the west. The oldest section is an L-shaped timber-framed house that forms the southern side and part of the western side, marked by a projecting plinth. It is two storeys high with a hipped slate roof and features a panelled and bracketed eaves soffit that is consistent with the rest of the house. The original timber framing has been replaced with brickwork at various times, and the walls are painted white. The house has flush box sash windows with 6/6 panes. Inside, the exposed timber frame reveals three bays on the west and one on the southeast. A large central chimney in the southern part has back-to-back, mid-17th century, four-centred chamfered brick arched fireplaces, and there is a cellar stair against its northern face. A stop-chamfered beam is present in the southeast room.

In the early 19th century, the western range was extended to the north, and a parallel range was built on the eastern side, creating a double-pile house of two storeys. The red brick walls feature recessed sash windows that are now painted on the west side. At the southeast corner, there is a projecting two-storey wing from the mid-19th century, elaborately decorated in stucco in the style of G E Pritchett. This wing has four windows with moulded surrounds, raised quoins, and a cornice on the trusses above the ground floor windows. The first floor has sash windows with 6/6 panes and louvred shutters. There is a single-storey rectangular bay on the southern end and a single-storey enclosed stucco porch with stilted arches and enriched architraves featuring paterae. The recessed bay on the right has triple sash windows on each floor. The eastern front of the lower range is stuccoed, with a cornice and trusses above the lower windows. A canted oriel window is present on the first floor at the northern end of the eastern front. The interiors from the 19th century feature elaborate plaster enrichment. Little Hadham Place is a significant part of a group that includes outbuildings.