White Horse Public House, High Street, Great Dunmow (EHER 25977)

Early 14th and early 19th century timber-framed house.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: White Horse Public House. No 15 High Street. Former public house of the early 14th century and early 19th century. (RCHM 17). Grade II*. <1> The White Horse Inn, 60 yards south-east of the town hall, is of two storeys with attics and cellars. It was built probably in the 16th century, and has modern additions at the back. The upper storey projects at the south-east end and probably projected originally on the north-east side. <2> The former White Horse appears to be an early 19th century building but on closer examination its medieval origins become apparent, and it can be seen to have been jettied on part of its front and rear and on the southern flank. Composed of two parallel 'cross-wing' like structures each of two stories and of slightly differing dates. The southern, triple-jettied block, has two small rooms on the first floor-something rarely found in a domestic cross-wing. During the last programme of alterations, it was discovered that the south wall contained remains of multiple decorative bracing of early 14th century character, the recent fire revealed the framing of the east gable with a fan like pattern of radial bracing, which with the design of the crown-post roof, suggests a date range between 1300-1350. The northern cross-wing is also likely to be of the early 14th century and has a splayed scarf joint, steep roof pitch and archaic crown-post, suggestive of this date. <3> 1999. Dendrochronological survey. South cross-wing samples produced date of 1381-1407. <4> See: <5>