Eastbury Manor House

EASTBURY SQUARE 1. Becontree 5003 Eastbury Manor House TQ 48 SE 6/1 28.5.54

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1. C16, thought possibly to date from before the Dissolution, but a rainwater head is dated 1572. Three storeys, red brick with mullioned windows of plastered brick. H-plan, the wings on the entrance front being considerably shorter than those at the rear which form 2 sides of a courtyard, the fourth side being a courtyard wall. Gabled ends to wings; tall brick gables and lucarne windows form top floor in facades. Three storey porch in right hand corner of centre of main front with early Renaissance pedimented archway. Fine brick copings and finials to all gabletops. Fine ornamental chimney stacks. Courtyard originally had 2, now one, 4-storey octagonal brick stair turret. Old tile roofs. Interior has interesting features, stairs in stair turret, fireplaces and early C17 wall paintings. For full accounts of the house and illustrations see 'Eastbury Manor House' a monograph by the London Survey Committee 1917, and Essex RCHM.

Listing NGR: TQ4570983804