Chignal Hall

CHIGNAL HALL

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Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1170001
Date first listed:
29-Dec-1952
Statutory Address:
CHIGNAL HALL

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Date:
2003-01-24
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1170001
Date first listed:
29-Dec-1952
Statutory Address 1:
CHIGNAL HALL

Location

Statutory Address:
CHIGNAL HALL

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

County:
Essex
District:
Chelmsford (District Authority)
Parish:
Chignall
National Grid Reference:
TL 66314 10325

Details

1. CHIGNAL CHIGNAL ST JAMES 5213 Chignal Hall TL 61 SE 4/49 29.12.52.

II

2. A C16 timber-framed and plastered house originally built on an H-shaped plan but the crosswings at the north and south ends have been rebuilt and the front of each faced in red brick. The centre part is Jettied on the upper storey of the east front. 2 storeys. 4 window range arranged 1:3:1. The windows in the former wings are double-hung sashes with glazing bars and the windows in the centre part are casements. Roof tiled, hipped at the north and south ends. The interior has a wall plate with carved brackets and an inscription which states that the building was completed in the year 1552. There is also a post with the date 1686. (RCHM 6).

Listing NGR: TL6631410325

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112479
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Sources

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An Inventory of Essex Central and South West, (1921)

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