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Latitude: 51.8435 / 51°50'36"N
Longitude: 0.7322 / 0°43'55"E
OS Eastings: 588306
OS Northings: 219629
OS Grid: TL883196
Mapcode National: GBR QKV.CYK
Mapcode Global: VHKG2.MXYN
Plus Code: 9F32RPVJ+CV
Entry Name: Prested Hall
Listing Date: 29 July 1988
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1169450
English Heritage Legacy ID: 116430
ID on this website: 101169450
Location: Braintree, Essex, CO5
County: Essex
District: Braintree
Civil Parish: Feering
Traditional County: Essex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Essex
Church of England Parish: Feering All Saints
Church of England Diocese: Chelmsford
Tagged with: Country house hotel
FEERING PRESTED HALL CHASE
TL 81 NE
6/109 Prested Hall
- II
House, now an institution. C14-C17, altered in C19 and extended in C20. Timber
framed, plastered, roofed with handmade red plain tiles. Complex plan
comprising a hall aligned approx. E-W, possibly aisled originally, OS, and C16
and C17 extension to the S, with an internal stack at the S end. Large C20
extensions to N, E and S, incorporating the historic structure in a larger
building used from 1934 as a nursing home, later as a residential institution.
Standing empty at time of survey, October 1986. 2 storeys with attics. Present
entrance elevation to N, 5 C20 casements with rectangular leading on ground
floor, 6 on first floor, 2 on attic floor. C20 double half-glazed doors with
sidelights. Carved inscription over door, dated 1934. The W elevation of the
historic structure comprises 2 gabled wings with a narrow gabled wing between
them; scattered fenestration, C19 and C20; 6-panel door, the top 4 panels
glazed, in C20 gabled porch; date 1527 painted on plaster. Jowled posts, heavy
studding with curved braces trenched to the inside, steeply cambered tiebeam
over hall with 2 solid angle-braces, chamfered axial and transverse beams, plain
joists of horizontal section, large wood-burning hearth facing N, clasped purlin
roofs. Early C17 oak panelling and C20 reproduction work. The wall framing is
much concealed by C20 interior finishes. Moated site. RCHM 3.
Listing NGR: TL8830619629
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