The Linnetts
THE LINNETTS, THE STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1338393
- Date first listed:
- 16-May-1984
- List Entry Name:
- The Linnetts
- Statutory Address:
- THE LINNETTS, THE STREET
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- Date:
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- Reference:
- IOE01/14590/14
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1338393
- Date first listed:
- 16-May-1984
- List Entry Name:
- The Linnetts
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE LINNETTS, 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 LINNETTS, THE STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Essex
- District:
- Braintree (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Sturmer
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 70483 43497
Details
TL 74 SW STURMER THE STREET NORTH SIDE 3/4 Linnetts
II* GV
Small hall house, late C15/early C16, altered in C17 and C20. Timber framed, plastered, roof thatched. 2-bay hall aligned NW-SE with integral service end to NW and integral storeyed parlour/solar to SE. Lean-to extension at NW end of rear wall, C18/19, at SE end of rear wall, C20. Small extension to NW, C20. Single storey with attics. SW elevation, C20 porch roofed with red clay Roman tiles, 2 C19 casement windows, one C20 casement window. 2 tiled gabled dormers with C19 casement windows. Some framing exposed internally. Original floor of lodged joists of horizontal section at SE end. Inserted floors in hall and NW end, axial beams ovolo-moulded with lamb's tongue stops, exposed joists on pegged clamps, early C17. Inserted brick chimney stack at NW end of hall consisting of 2 hearths of different builds back to back, late C16 and early C17, forming a lobby-entrance. .Jowled posts. Central tiebeam missing, other 2 internal tiebeams severed for inserted doorways. Wall painting on NW wall of solar in red ochre on white, of deer and the initials SM - MM - TM - RM with cross-hatched bands above and below. Good late C16 door in rear wall of hall, of moulded radially-cut planks on ledges, with original Suffolk latch and pistol bolt. Bread oven partly demolished. Medieval pine door, heavily nailed, on C20 NW extension. This is an unusually unaltered small hall house with many early features.
Listing NGR: TL7048343497
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 114234
- 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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