Street Farmhouse

Street Farmhouse, The Street

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Overview

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II*
List Entry Number:: 1123004
Date first listed:: 07-Aug-1952
List Entry Name:: Street Farmhouse
Statutory Address:: Street Farmhouse, The Street

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II*
List Entry Number:: 1123004
Date first listed:: 07-Aug-1952
List Entry Name:: Street Farmhouse
Statutory Address 1:: Street Farmhouse, The Street

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: Street Farmhouse, The Street

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Essex
District:: Braintree (District Authority)
Parish:: Ashen
National Grid Reference:: TL 74683 42380

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 7 February 2022 to amend the description, and reformat the text to current standards TL 74 SW 1/11

ASHEN THE STREET (west side) Street Farmhouse

7.8.1952 GV II* House, early C16, extended in C17 and C19. Timber framed, plastered, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. Two-bay ground-floor hall aligned north-south, aspect east, with original external chimney stack to rear of south bay, and cross-passage and service bay to south. North crosswing of two bays extending to rear, and original stair tower in angle. C18 external chimney stack to north of crosswing. C17 extension to rear of service bay, with C19 lean-to extensions to west and north. Lean-to extension to south of main range, C19. Two storeys. The east elevation has a continuous jetty on the main range and crosswing, with exposed beams, joists and four plain brackets. C20 door, three-window range of C20 casements. Roof hipped at south end of main range and west end of crosswing.

The interior has the original plank-and-muntin screen on the north side of the cross-passage, a rare feature in Essex, the muntins and one straight doorhead roll-moulded, twin service doors, the jambs roll-moulded, the doorheads missing, and a Tudor rear doorhead. In the service bay there is no evidence of an original central partition; about half the joists are exposed, plain and of horizontal section. In the 'hall' there are two Tudor doorheads (leading to the crosswing and the stair tower), two inserted frieze windows in the front wall, blocked, and double-ogee moulded beam and joists, both with converging stops. The original door to the stair is in situ, of rebated wedge-shaped planks and ledges. In the crosswing there are double-ogee moulded joists and beam, the former with carved foliate stops, the latter with converging stops. The rear extension has in the north side an oriel window with four mullions of refined ovolo section, and joists of vertical section. There is some exposed close studding on the upper floor. The crosswing is divided into two upper rooms by an original partition. There are blocked windows in its north wall, and in the rear wall of the stair tower. The wallplate scarfs are edge-halved and bridled. All the roofs are of clasped purlin construction, substantially complete with minor additions.

This house is transitional in type, retaining the medieval three-part plan but built in two storeys from the outset, and retains an exceptional number of original features inside, providing valuable evidence of this phase of development. RCHM 9.

Listing NGR: TL7468342380

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Legacy System number:: 114419
Legacy System:: LBS

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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex North West, (1916)

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.