Thatches
THATCHES, THE STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1123005
- Date first listed:
- 21-Jun-1962
- List Entry Name:
- Thatches
- Statutory Address:
- THATCHES, THE STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1123005
- Date first listed:
- 21-Jun-1962
- List Entry Name:
- Thatches
- Statutory Address 1:
- THATCHES, THE STREET
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:
- THATCHES, 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 74685 42349
Details
TL 74 SW ASHEN THE STREET, West side 1/12 Thatches 21.6.62 GV II House, C15, extended in C16. Timber framed, plastered, roof thatched. 2-bay hall aligned N-S with axial chimney stack at N end inserted in late C16, and inserted floor. Original storeyed parlour/solar bay to S. Aspect E. Service- bay to N demolished in C16 and replaced by 2 bay and off-centre chimney stack, and C17 extension beyond. One storey and attics. Plain boarded door, 5 C20 casement windows, and 3 C19 casement windows in gabled dormers. Roof half- hipped at S end. The interior has jowled posts, with half-octagonal attached shafts on the central posts of the hall. The original floor of the S bay has lodged joists of horizontal section arranged longitudinally, with a trimmed stair trap. Hall windows are present on both sides, one with 3 diamond mullions, the other with 5. The inserted floor of the hall has an axial beam and horizontal joists, all chamfered with step stops, supported on pegged clamps. The original smoke vent at the S end of the roof is of particular interest, with mortices for a projecting hood. The sides of the S hearth have been rebuilt. The floor of the C16 extension has an axial beam, chamfered with step stops, and plain horizontal joists. RCHM 10.
Listing NGR: TL7468542349
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 114420
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex North West, (1916)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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