Wentworth House

WENTWORTH HOUSE, 87, BRADFORD STREET

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1170324
Date first listed:
25-Oct-1951
Statutory Address:
WENTWORTH HOUSE, 87, BRADFORD STREET
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Date:
2000-05-29
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1170324
Date first listed:
25-Oct-1951
Statutory Address 1:
WENTWORTH HOUSE, 87, BRADFORD STREET

Location

Statutory Address:
WENTWORTH HOUSE, 87, BRADFORD STREET

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

County:
Essex
District:
Braintree (District Authority)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
TL 76016 24078

Details

885 BRADFORD STREET
(West Side) BROCKING
No 87 (Wentworth House)
TL 7624 3/34 25.10.51.

GV II*

A fine Cl7 timber-framed and plastered house with a jet tied upper storey and exposed timber framing. The front has 3 gables (2 jet tied above the 1st storey). 2 storeys, attics and cellars. The 1st storey has 3 C18 double hung sash windows with glazing bars, in flush cased frames, 2 later sash windows with vertical glazing bars and small casements flanking the window at the south end. The house has a fine richly carved shell canopy which has been removed during restoration and is said to be stored safely. Roofs tiled with C17 rain water heads on either side of the central gable, bearing the initials and date:- FJ 1679. RCHM 25.

Listing NGR: TL7601624078

Legacy

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Legacy System number:
113664
Legacy System:
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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex North West, (1916)

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