The Old Granary
THE OLD GRANARY, RADLEY GREEN, CM4 0LR
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1247766
- Date first listed:
- 06-Jun-1990
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Granary
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD GRANARY, RADLEY GREEN, CM4 0LR
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- Date:
- 2007-06-01
- Reference:
- IOE01/16667/05
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1247766
- Date first listed:
- 06-Jun-1990
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Granary
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE OLD GRANARY, RADLEY GREEN, CM4 0LR
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:
- THE OLD GRANARY, RADLEY GREEN, CM4 0LR
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Essex
- District:
- Chelmsford (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Highwood
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 61867 04554
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 18/10/2016
TL 60 SW
11/912
RADLEY GREEN,
The Old Granary
(Formerly listed as: HIGHWOOD, RADLEY GREEN, Former Maltings at Horsefrith Park Farm)
GV
II
Former Maltings, used for storage at time of survey. c.1588 for Sir John Petre,
First Baron of Writle, with some C18 alterations, reclad in C20. Oak framed
structure of 6 bays, the exterior clad in cement rendering to ground floor, the
first floor covered in C20 pargetting with gable end weather-boarded and rear
elevation clad in weather-boarding on brick plinth. Roof covered in corrugated
sheeting. Six C20 casements. INTERIOR has close studded wall-frames and queen
post trusses, with arch braced, supporting clasped purlins. Upper wall panels
over girth rail, braced in each pair of end bays. Wall plates jointed by pegged
face-halved and bladed scarfings over stub tenons in storey-posts. Small areas
of ancient plaster exist between studs in the South East end of the upper wall
framing onto external weather-boarding. An intermediate floor was subsequently
introduced by spanning reused stop-chamfered bridging beams across the girth
rails, these supporting longitudinal joisting. First floor headroom space was
then gained by carving out soffits of some tie beams and extracting the adjacent
arch brace. This probably happened in the early C18 when grain bins were
added. Old floorboards. Ground floor has spine beam with 1 niche-chamfer and
run out stop.
A Petre document in the Essex Record Office of 1588 mentions that Sir John Petre
agreed to build 'one convenient and necessary maltings House to malt fyne qrs of
Barlye at one tyme with other romes mete and expediente to the same', T/2 105/
34. A map of 1724 shows this structure with a curious spire at the north end
which was probably a corn chamber. This building is unlikely ever to have been
a barn as there is no evidence of opposite doors and its position on the map
relates to the existing farmhouse and the foundations of barns, since
demolished.
Listing NGR: TL6186704554
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 429135
- 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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