Brambles Wood

TL 30 NW BRICKENDON LIBERTY BROXBOURNE COMMON

3/49 Brambles Wood -

• II

House. C17, extended at ends probably in C18, W wing 1970s. Timber frame on low sill, roughcast, lower extensions dark weatherboarded, steep thatched roof carried down as hips over end extensions. Linked W wing dark weatherboarded with steep pitch hipped red tile roof. A picturesque 1½-storeys house isolated in a clearing, facing S with L-shaped 1½-storeys newer wing linked to W end and extending to S. A 2-cells, internal-chimney, lobby-entry plan with single-storey extension at each end, and small rear extension to W bay. This seems to have been the hall with axial beam supporting exposed joists of floor. Axial joists only in E bay. Winding stair to rear of stack entered from W room. S front has 2 2-lights dormers at eaves, 2 3-lights casement flush windows flanking plank door, and 2-lights casement to each end extension. E one has lattice leaded plate casements. Interior has exposed timbers, long tension braces in walls, clasped-purlin roof, and IL hinges to doors. The central tie-beam now encased in chimney, suggesting chimney (and possibly upper floor) a secondary feature.

Listing NGR: TL3434607568