Petches Bridge Old Farmhouse
PETCHES BRIDGE OLD FARMHOUSE, PETCHES BRIDGE ROAD
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1338164
- Date first listed:
- 17-May-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Petches Bridge Old Farmhouse
- Statutory Address:
- PETCHES BRIDGE OLD FARMHOUSE, PETCHES BRIDGE ROAD
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2007-11-21
- Reference:
- IOE01/17044/29
- Rights:
- © Mr Peter Keeble. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1338164
- Date first listed:
- 17-May-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Petches Bridge Old Farmhouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- PETCHES BRIDGE OLD FARMHOUSE, PETCHES BRIDGE ROAD
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:
- PETCHES BRIDGE OLD FARMHOUSE, PETCHES BRIDGE ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Essex
- District:
- Braintree (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Finchingfield
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 69918 30875
Details
TL 63 SE FINCHINGFIELD FETCHES BRIDGE ROAD (west side)
3/71 Petches Bridge Old Farmhouse
- II
Wrongly shown on O.S. map as Southcotts. House. Mid C16, extended in early C17 and C20. Timber framed, plastered with some exposed framing, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. 2 bays aligned N-S, mid C16, possibly the crosswing of a hall house of which the remainder has disappeared. 2-bay extension to S, early C17, with internal stack at the junction, against E wall. Present entrance elevation to E. C20 single-storey extension to front of left end, C20 semi-circular conservatory to rear. 2 storeys. Ground floor, 2 C20 casements, first floor 3 C20 casements. C20 door at front of tiled gabled porch. Right end of roof hipped. Exposed close studding on right return wall, and original sprockets there and at rear. Exposed studding on left return wall, with some replacement timber. The interior has jowled posts, chamfered axial beams, plain joists (of large horizontal section in right bays, smaller square section in left end). At right end, exposed studding with curved tension braces trenched to the inside, a complete unglazed window with 3 diamond mullions, and a crownpost roof formerly having shallow axial braces (replaced in modern timber). At left end, clasped purlin roof.
Listing NGR: TL6991830875
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 115213
- 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.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 18-Jun-2026 at 17:09:20.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.