Ingrebourne Cottages

These are a range of timber-framed cottages located in St Mary’s Lane, Upminster, originally built as a workhouse in 1751 and extended in 1783, as documented in the Essex Victoria County History. The cottages are all under a single roof. Numbers 25 and 27 are two bays wide, with number 27 originally comprising two separate dwellings; the remaining cottages are one window wide. Number 23 is built of red brick, while the rest are rendered. Number 25 features old casement windows with top-opening panes, numbers 23 and 27 have modern metal casement windows, and numbers 31 and 33 have wooden sash and wooden casement windows. A shouldered brick stack is present on the west gable. All doors have been altered and a modern side entrance is located at number 25, along with rear stacks. A Crown fire plaque is visible on number 25, and there are modern metal framed windows present.