Description

STONDON MASSEY

TL50SE NINE ASHES ROAD
723-1/1/548 (East side (off))
20/02/76 Nos.3 AND 4
Bronte (3)
(Formerly Listed as:
BRENTWOOD
NINE ASHES ROAD, Stondon Massey
No. 3 and Inglenook)

II

House, now divided into 2. Late C16, C18/19 and C20.
Timber-framed, roughcast rendered and colourwashed, peg-tile
roof. Rectangular plan. One and a half storeys (though
fenestration looks to be 2 storey and attic). C20 single
storey addition to rear projecting at both N and S end with
twin projections on E side. W front, heavy central stack of
C17 type, now rendered. House division at this point, No.4
having central doorway but No.3 has room over it. No.3 - all
windows C20 casements with diamond leaded panes. Ground floor,
N-S 4-light window, doorway with gabled porch, (porch C20,
timber, rendered with side lights), door C20 boarded with
diamond light, window of 3-lights. First floor, N-S, window,
3-lights (approx in line with stack), second window of
3-lights. C20 dormer window with shaped barge boards to simple
gable (peg-tiled), 2-light casement. No.4, ground floor, N-S,
C20 bow window, 4-lights, glazing bars, each light 2x3 panes,
C20 boarded door in line with stack. First floor, one 3-light
casement window. N end elevation - ground floor, bow window,
3-lights, glazing bars, each 2x4 panes. Above, plain casement
`picture' window. Rear elevation all C20, porch to S with
panelled door on W side. House let into hill slope and only
roof of early house revealed above C20 flat roof of extension.
Old roof has C20 dormer window with flat roof.
INTERIOR: S end bay C18/19 addition with late primary bracing
onto earlier late C16 house of 3 bays with heavy framing and
straight arched bracing. Roof of wind braced, side purlin
type. Back to back principal fireplaces, rebuilt but heavy
stack and site of doorway of No.4 imply that house was
originally of 3-celled lobby entrance type with heated parlour
at S end. Remains of bread oven at rear of stack. Interior
woodwork much renewed but some C17 slender joists with
diminished haunched tenons with pendant soffits remain
(perhaps alteration). The house could be earlier C16
originally and of open hall type with one storeyed end but
evidence of this phase cannot now be seen due to restoration.

Listing NGR: TL5857800674

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26503774

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)