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Nortons Farmhouse

A Grade II Listed Building in Mount Bures, Essex

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.947 / 51°56'49"N

Longitude: 0.7756 / 0°46'32"E

OS Eastings: 590852

OS Northings: 231254

OS Grid: TL908312

Mapcode National: GBR RKW.YQL

Mapcode Global: VHKFQ.DBC7

Plus Code: 9F32WQWG+R6

Entry Name: Nortons Farmhouse

Listing Date: 22 March 2005

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1391300

English Heritage Legacy ID: 494086

ID on this website: 101391300

Location: Colchester, Essex, CO8

County: Essex

District: Colchester

Civil Parish: Mount Bures

Traditional County: Essex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Essex

Church of England Parish: Mount Bures St John the Baptist

Church of England Diocese: Chelmsford

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Description


MOUNT BURES

986/0/10051 Norton's Farmhouse

II
Farmhouse. Late-C17 with mid-C20 rear extension and alterations. Timber-framed and rendered with pitched re-used clay pin tile roof and brick chimneystack. 3-bay, lobby-entry plan.
EXTERIOR: Main elevation has axial stack with linked polygonal flues over lobby entrance with C19 porch that has scalloped bargeboards and ogee arched braces, pair of dormers, C20 windows. Left gable end has long studs, diagonal braces, end plate, collar and principle rafters of A-frame roof exposed. 2 fixed leaded light windows within wooden frames to ground and first floors.
INTERIOR: Ground floor room to west has stopped and chamfered ceiling beam, joists, studs and diagonal braces to walls; English bond brick fireplace with bressumer. 2-bay room to east has inglenook fireplace with thin bricks in stretcher bond; roughly chamfered spine beam with halved and bladed scarf joint above supporting post, chamfered joists; studs and mid-rail at front and rear walls but no framing survives to right gable end. First floor has single room to west with A-frame truss to gable end and stud wall against stack, exposed collars. 2 rooms to east with stud partition with diagonal brace, central room has studs rising from brick massing, and side cupboard with plank door.

A late-C17 farmhouse with a substantial amount of the frame surviving.

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