Description

TL 6832 FINCHINGFIELD CHURCH HILL
(north side)

7/20 Town House
21.12.67

GV II

House. Late medieval and C17. Timber framed, plastered, roofed with handmade
red clay tiles. 2-bay crosswing of a medieval hall house, of which the
remainder has been demolished, and C17 3-bay range to right with central stack,
forming a lobby-entrance to SE. Single-storey lean-to extension with slate roof
to rear of right end, C19. Crosswing of 2 storeys, main range of 2 storeys and
attics. 4-window range of C20 casements. C20 door. The crosswing has some
exposed studding, jowled posts, a cambered central tiebeam with arched braces to
it for a crownpost roof, but roof rebuilt in clasped purlin form in C16/C17. It
has an underbuilt jetty, but the structure is concealed, and an C18 cellar. The
main range has 2 large wood-burning hearths, the left one with an original side
cupboard with door on butterfly hinges, and chamfered transverse and axial beams
with lamb's tongue stops. The joists, where visible, are of vertical section
and plain. Clasped purlin roof. RCHM 15.

Listing NGR: TL6859132842

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26409337

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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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