Oak House
OAK HOUSE, BRIDGE STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1123008
- Date first listed:
- 21-Jun-1962
- List Entry Name:
- Oak House
- Statutory Address:
- OAK HOUSE, BRIDGE STREET
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- Date:
- 2001-06-30
- Reference:
- IOE01/06278/24
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1123008
- Date first listed:
- 21-Jun-1962
- List Entry Name:
- Oak House
- Statutory Address 1:
- OAK HOUSE, BRIDGE 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:
- OAK HOUSE, BRIDGE STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Essex
- District:
- Braintree (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Great Yeldham
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 76000 38395
Details
TL 73 NE and TL 7638 GREAT YELDHAM BRIDGE STREET, North Side 4/31 and 7/1 Oak House 21.6.62 - II House, late C16, altered in C19 and C20. Timber framed, mainly plastered, with some exposed framing, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. 3 bays aligned N-S, aspect E, with external chimney stacks behind N and S bays. Extension beyond NW stack, c.1600. 2 small extensions behind middle range. 2 storeys. Originally jettied along whole E elevation, now underbuilt with the same lower frames. 4-panel door with upper panels glazed, C20 tiled gabled porch, 2 ground floor and 3 first floor windows of C17 type but altered in C19. The N elevation has exposed framing, with 2 pairs of small original windows, each with an ovolo mullion and ovolo-moulded surrounds. Similar pair of windows in upper E elevation of N wing, blocked externally. There are 2 gables to the front. The interior has jowled posts, heavy studding with curved braces trenched to the inside, plain joists of horizontal section. The N ground floor room has an ovolo-moulded beam. The N first floor room has 2 walls lined with late C16 panelling. There are numerous wrought iron casement windows, some in their original form, some altered in C19 Tudor Revival style, with oblique saddle bars and introduced diamond glazing. Some other introduced components. There is a complete structural break between the S wing and the remainder. RCHM 11.
Listing NGR: TL7600038395
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 114423
- 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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