Marchings Farmhouse
MARCHINGS FARMHOUSE, GRAVEL LANE
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1111227
- Date first listed:
- 28-Jun-1954
- List Entry Name:
- Marchings Farmhouse
- Statutory Address:
- MARCHINGS FARMHOUSE, GRAVEL LANE
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2002-05-01
- Reference:
- IOE01/01745/22
- Rights:
- © Mr G.S. Allbright. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1111227
- Date first listed:
- 28-Jun-1954
- List Entry Name:
- Marchings Farmhouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- MARCHINGS FARMHOUSE, GRAVEL LANE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- MARCHINGS FARMHOUSE, GRAVEL LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Essex
- District:
- Epping Forest (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Chigwell
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ4633795490
Details
TQ 49 NE
2/1
28.6.54
CHIGWELL
GRAVEL LANE
Marchings Farmhouse
II
House of C16 or C17 origin, much altered in C19. Timber framed, plastered,
roofed with handmade red clay tiles. Complex plan consisting essentially of
main range aligned approx. NW-SE with axial chimney stack near NW end, aspect
SW, service range to rear of SE end with one internal and one external chimney
stack, crosswing at NW end, several rear extensions. 2 storeys with attics.
SW elevation: ground floor, one C20 half-glazed door, french windows of Gothick
style, C19, 3 Gothick casement windows, one not. First floor, 2 C19 casement
windows, one C20 casement window, 3 dormers with C20 casements. Attic floor:
one C19 casement window in gable of crosswing, leaded casement window, C20, and
lean-to dormers with C19 casement windows. The interior is mainly C19,
including many Gothick features. One blocked unglazed window with 2 diamond
mullions is present on the first floor of the SE elevation, and a beam with
lamb's tongues stops is exposed near the SW entrance. Stone column bases of a
structure of unknown origin have been exposed approx. 4 metres N of the house.
The occupation of the site has been traced in a report by Dr.F.G. Emmison of
Essex Record Office dated 6 October 1949, beginning in 1427, and another by C.
Johnson of Chigwell Public Libraries. The rear parts of the house incorporate
the workshops of John Roger Arnold, 1736-1843, maker of chronometers and
watches, who bought the house in 1800 (G.H. Baillie: Watchmakers and Clockmakers
of the World).
Listing NGR: TQ4633795490
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 118552
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Baillie, G H, Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World, ()
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 19-Jun-2026 at 15:25:29.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.