Kentishes Farmhouse
KENTISHES FARMHOUSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1123898
- Date first listed:
- 02-May-1953
- List Entry Name:
- Kentishes Farmhouse
- Statutory Address:
- KENTISHES FARMHOUSE
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1123898
- Date first listed:
- 02-May-1953
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 06-Sept-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Kentishes Farmhouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- KENTISHES FARMHOUSE
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:
- KENTISHES FARMHOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Essex
- District:
- Braintree (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Stisted
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 79119 26235
Details
TL 72 NE STISTED
1/252 Kentishes Farmhouse 2.5.53 (formerly listed as Kentish Farmhouse)
GV II*
House. Late C16, altered c.1600, renovated and restored 1986. Timber framed, plastered, roofed with handmade red plain tiles. 4-bay crosswing facing NE, c.1580, originally with long jetty, of a former hall house. 4-bay main range facing SE on site of hall house, with internal stack in left bay. C17 stair tower to rear of left bay, and C19 single-storey lean-to extension to left of it. External stack, c.1600, to right of crosswing. C18 lean-to extension to rear of main range. 2 storeys, cellar and attics. On ground floor, 2 late C18/early C19 splayed bays, each with moulded mullions, saddle bars and one wrought iron casement. To each side of each bay, one window of c.1600 with 2 ovolo-moulded mullions, ovolo-moulded surround, and 3 diamond saddle bars, with C20 rectangular leaded glazing. Late C16 studded door of 8 moulded and rebated planks, a rare feature. On left stack, 2 late C16 octagonal shafts. On right stack, 2 moulded shafts in Tudor style, restored 1986. In the rear elevation are 2 first-floor windows, c.1600, with ovolo-moulded mullions similar to those in front. Jowled posts. In crosswing, edge-halved and bridled scarf in right wallplate; diamond mortices and shutter groove for former unglazed window to left of rear bay. Ground-floor hearth rebuilt, retaining original mantel beam. Clasped purlin roof with curved wind bracing. Rebated oak floorboards in attic. Door of 6 moulded and rebated planks in ground floor of crosswing, late C16. In rear bays, exposed plain joists of horizontal section. In middle bays of main range, moulded axial and transverse beams. Left ground-floor hearth rebuilt, retaining original mantel beam. At rear of ground floor, 2 12-panel oak doors, c.1600, one inverted, and dado of re-sited oak panelling. Late C17 stair with large turned newels (damaged on landing), plain chamfered handrails, and turned oak balusters of 2 different designs attached with handmade nails. At head of stair, one early C18 2-panel door and one early C17 8-panel door with cockshead hinges. The stair tower blocks an original first-floor window. Similar roof. This house retains an exceptional number of early features in unaltered condition, and has been accurately restored in 1986. Some evidence of a former crosswing at left end. RCHM 18.
Listing NGR: TL7911926235
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 116268
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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