Description

TL 8428-8528 EARLS COLNE HIGH STREET
(north side)

8/80 Nos. 83 and 85
21.6.62 (formerly listed as
House and Shop (Moy))

GV II

Wrongly shown on OS map as nos. 81 and 85. House, now house and shop. Early
C15, altered in mid-C16 and C20. Timber framed, plastered, roofed with red
plain tiles. Hall house with C16 axial stack in right bay, and 2 crosswings,
originally jettied to street, now underbuilt. Left crosswing now oversailed by
roof of nos. 79 and 81 (item 8/79, q.v.). Floor inserted in hall and roof
raised c.1540. 2 storeys. 3-window range of C20 casements, and small C20
shopfront in right wing. Half-glazed door. Stack rebuilt at top in late C19.
Stop-chamfered beams. Some smoke-blackened rafters re-used in raised roof.
This property and nos. 79 and 81 were under joint ownership for much of their
history, and have been roofed and sub-divided and re-combined without regard for
the divisions of the original structure (Wherein I Dwell, Earls Colne WEA, 1983,
42-3). RCHM 4.

Listing NGR: TL8593828873

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26592956

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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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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  Devon (Pevsner 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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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)