The Crown Public House
THE CROWN PUBLIC HOUSE, THE STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1337810
- Date first listed:
- 13-Mar-1986
- List Entry Name:
- The Crown Public House
- Statutory Address:
- THE CROWN PUBLIC HOUSE, THE STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1337810
- Date first listed:
- 13-Mar-1986
- List Entry Name:
- The Crown Public House
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE CROWN PUBLIC HOUSE, THE STREET
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 CROWN PUBLIC HOUSE, THE STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Essex
- District:
- Braintree (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Hatfield Peverel
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 78738 11604
Details
TL 7811-7911 HATFIELD PEVEREL THE STREET (south side)
12/83 The Crown Public House
GV II*
House or inn, now a public house. C15, altered in C16 and C18/C19. Timber framed, plastered with some exposed original and imitation framing, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. 2-bay hall facing NW with C18/C19 axial "stack at left end. Integral parlour/solar bay at right end, extended to the front in C19/early C20 to form a crosswing with C19 external stack at right, enclosed by lean-to extension to right. 3-bay crosswing to left of hall, extending to the front, extended to the rear by one bay, with C19 external stack to left, the whole forming an irregular H-plan. C20 single-storey extensions to the rear. Crosswings of 2 storeys, hall of one storey with attics. Ground floor, 2 early C20 splayed bays of sashes of 4 lights, one similar sash, and 2 C20 casements. First floor, 2 C20 casements and 2 more in gabled dormers. 3 C20 doors in flat-roofed porches. The left crosswing has an underbuilt jetty. Imitation framing exposed on the upper storeys of both crosswings. The stack at the left end of the hall is truncated below roof level, and replaces an inserted stack of the C16 in the same position. Some original framing exposed inside. Jowled posts, close studding. In the parlour/solar bay there are diamond mortices for unglazed windows at the front and right end, and part of the original trimmed stair remains, the original joists of plain horizontal section, others replaced. Mid-C16 inserted floor in hall, comprising a chamfered axial beam and chamfered joists of horizontal section, all with step stops, and C20 imitation of same at left end. Cambered central tiebeam with deep arched braces, severed where they intrude below the inserted floor. Crownpost roof almost complete, with octagonal central crownpost with moulded cap and base, and 4-way bracing (of which 3 remain), all heavily smoke-blackened. Original roof present over solar, re-roofed above as a crosswing. Evidence of large hall windows at front and back, blocked. The left crosswing retains an original first-floor partition between the middle and rear bays, with exposed studding. Between the front and middle bays, half-height jowls, chamfered binding beam with plain stops, cambered tiebeam. Crownpost roof with axial bracing.
Listing NGR: TL7873811604
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 115424
- 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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