Description

BURES HAMLET FISHPITS LANE
TL 83 SE
(east side)
4/41 Polstead's Farmhouse
II
House. Late C16. Timber framed, plastered, roofed with handmade red clay
tiles. 4 bays facing SW, with axial chimney stack one bay from right end. C20
in-line extension to left. 2 storeys. 5-window range of C20 casements. C20
door in C15 moulded doorcase with 4-centred arched head, introduced from The
Angel Inn, Kelvedon. On upper floor of right return wall, original window with
2 ovolo mullions; C20 reproduction window below it. The interior has jowled
posts and heavy studding. In right bay, lodged floor of longitudinal plain
joists of horizontal section. In middle room, transverse beam with plain joists
of horizontal section. Face-halved and bladed scarf in wallplate. Roof of
clasped purlin construction with original partition of wattle and daub. This
house was formerly occupied by Harry Forrester, author of 'Timber Framed Houses
of Essex', 'The Smaller Queen Anne and Georgian House', 'Medieval Gothic
Mouldings', etc., who was responsible for the introduction of the C15 doorway.

Listing NGR: TL8770932871

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26622458

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  For the Record
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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)