56/57, CHURCH ROAD

HEDENHAM CHURCH ROAD TM39SW (east side) 6/10006 No 56/57

GV II

House, formerly 2 houses. Late C16, extended and re-faced late C19. Timber framed, clad with red brick; thatched, with black-glazed pantiles to rear outshut. 2 storeys in 3-window range. Brick plinth course. Brick skin laid in Flemish bond with burnt headers. South front with brick corner pilasters and third pilaster to centre. Late C19 half-glazed door to west end under cambered skewback arch with blocked window immediately right. Second late C19 half-glazed door to right of elevation flanked by one 3-light C20 metal casement to left and similar 2-light casement to right, both under soldier arches. One 2-fight and 2 3-light C20 metal casements to first floor. Gabled roof with ridge stack left of centre. West gable-end lit through one 3-light C20 metal casement to each floor. Full-length single-storey rear outshut lit through 5 2- and 3-light C20 metal casements and entered through C20 half-glazed door to right. 2 C19 stacks. INTERIOR. Timber frame of heavy scantling, to east end with arched braces rising from middle rail and wall plate to principal studs. Chamfered bridging beams and joists. One cambered tie beam remains with pair of truncated queen posts of rectangular section. Remainder of roof replaced C19. C20 staircase inserted in front of right-hand facade doorway. Wide fireplace openings to east and west of stack on ground floor.

Listing NGR: TM3123493327