Description

TL 51 NE GREAT CANFIELD

2/32 GRANGE FARMHOUSE

II

Early C16 house with alterations and extension of circa 1800. Timber-framed,
red brick facade on main house, other walls plastered, roof tiled. 4 bays,
original external chimney stack near the middle of rear wall, chimney stack at
NW gable. Extension at SE end with chimney stack in SE gable. 2 storeys.
Brick facade on main house, Flemish bond, with dentils at eaves and shallow
brick arches over windows. On ground floor, 3 sash windows circa 1800 each
consisting of central light with double-hung 16-pane sashes and marginal lights
with double-hung 2-pane sashes, containing many panes of crown glass, one with
bullseye, Porch with slender Doric columns, circa 1800. On first floor, 4 C19
casement windows. Moulded red tiles set in brickwork above door. Extension
single-storey with-attic, plastered, plain door with early C19 hood, C20
casement window, flat-roofed dormer with C20 casement window. Axial ceiling beam
with double ogee mouldings visible in one bay, boxed in elsewhere, no other
framing exposed internally. Crownpost roof, virtually complete in middle bays,
some rebuilding in end bays. Central crownpost of rectangular section, chamfered
arrises with broach stops at top and bottom, with 2 curved axial braces to
collar-purlin inscribed IIII and V. This house was probably built with a
continuous jetty at the front, but now underbuilt, the evidence concealed by
brick facade and interior-plaster. It was of high quality originally, and
has undergone only one phase of alteration.

Listing NGR: TL5848018364

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26434047

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)