Description

KELVEDON HATCH

TQ59NE WARREN LANE
723-1/5/449 (North side)
20/02/76 Covers Farmhouse
(Formerly Listed as:
BRENTWOOD
WARREN LANE, Doddinghurst
Covers)

II

House. Early C17, C20. Timber-framed and rendered, hipped
peg-tiled roofs. 2 storeys. Plan: C17 3-celled block, E cell
once a cross-wing. C17 stair tower between central hall and
cross-wing at high end (E). C17 principal stack in lateral
position on rear wall of hall. 2 minor stacks, C18/C19 in red
brick, stretcher bond, on E and W ends of house. C20 jettied
projection at rear of hall area and C20 continuous rear
outshut linking to C20 rear cross-wing extension at E end.
Also C20 rebuilding of W end of original house. All windows of
the house except one in the stair tower are C20, wooden
casements with glazing bars. Front S elevation - 3 window
range - ground floor all 3 lights and first floor two 2-light
windows with a central one of 3 lights. Rear - irregular
windows fitted to very irregular elevations, French window on
W face of cross-wing. C20 boarded door used as a front door to
W end of main range. The old window on N wall of stair tower
C18/late C19 casement.
INTERIOR: heavily rebuilt but original window site on ground
floor at front of hall. Lateral fireplace with timber lintel.
Cross-wing bridging joist in elm. Probably cross-wing built or
rebuilt later in C17. Evidence of mullioned windows on E side
of stair tower. Morant, 1768 mentions 'Convers'.
(Morant P: The History and Antiquities of the County of Essex:
1768-: 192).

Listing NGR: TQ5801097796

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26491793

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)