Description

TL 4422 LITTLE HADHAM ALBURY ROAD
(east side)
Little Hadham-on-Ash

8/8 Bridge End

22.2.67

GV II

House. C16 or earlier, 3-bay timber-framed hall house. Floor,
staircase and probably the side chimney inserted in mid C17.
Timberframed W wing probably of 1732 (plaster date plaque over
front door has 'INM 1732'). C19 single storey brick and slate
kitchen attached at NE corner. An L-shaped timberframed
plastered house facing W with steep old red tile gabled roofs.
Main range of one and a half storeys lies N-S. NW wing of 2
storeys and attic. Main range presumably represents the (S)
parlour and 2-bay open hall of a late medieval house. Exposed
inside are paired tension braces in the upper wall panels, long
curved braces to tie beams and massive inclined struts each
clasping the purlin at the joint with the principal rafter. Bar
sockets next to kitchen door suggest door served a former
screens passage. Conversion of house in C17 involved a floor
structure carried on chamfered axial beams, an entrance lobby and
staircase partitioned from the W side of the parlour, and a large
lateral chimney and fireplace in the middle of the E side. The
upper floor windows now cut across the wall plate and eaves but
this may be a later change. The convenience of this wing was
probably improved when the C18 W wing was added. An upper floor
fireplace and flue was added to the large E chimney: a small
fireplace and external chimney was provided for the parlour, and
an unusual timber yoke provided on the upper floor where a tie
beam was cut through. The higher W wing has a high brick plinth,
squared beams and joists and corner fireplaces and chimney at the
SW corner. It has a blocked door in the angle with the main
range. W gable rebuilt in brick with garage doors but plastered
gable has small C18 casement window to attic. W front of house
has moulded battened door, panelled pargetting and C19 bracketed
gabled hood. 3-light casement to Ground floor window, 2-light
above. S end plastered with small canted bay window with hipped
tiled roof. E wall cased in painted brickwork. Fine C18 egg-
and-dart moulded cornice to large Ground floor fireplace, and
good C17 turned balustrade with rounded handrail to stair
landing. Fine panelling said to have been removed from parlour
in 1960s. Formerly called Yewhurst Farm and long in same
ownership as The Whare immediately to N. RCHM considers this may
be an example of the unit-system, for housing separate households
jointly farming the same land (RCHM Typescript).

Listing NGR: TL4402522736

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26515350

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Recommended Books

• 
  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)