GRAY'S FARMHOUSE
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II
List Entry Number: 1306273
Date first listed: 29-Dec-1952
Statutory Address: GRAY'S FARMHOUSE
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Location
Statutory Address: GRAY'S FARMHOUSE
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 67749 10742
Summary
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
1. CHIGNAL
5231
Gray's Farmhouse
TL 61 SE 4/59 29.12.52.
II
2.
Originally a C15-C16 moated hall house with cross wings on the east and west ends.
It was altered in the C17 when the centre block was raised and divided into 2 storeys
and again in the mid C18. Alterations-and renovations in 1952 destroyed the date tablets in the gables of the cross wings which had the initials WL and the date
1743. A timber framed and plastered building. 2 storeys and attics. The crosswings
are jettied on the upper storey. 4 window range, C20 metal casekents with glazing
bars. 2 C20 doors, with cornice hoods. Roof tiled, with 1 hipped dormer in the
centre block. There are fragmentary remains of the moat. (RCHM 7).
Listing NGR: TL6774910742
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number: 112474
Legacy System: LBS
Sources
Books and journals
An Inventory of Essex Central and South West, (1921)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing