Blandford House (EHER 28052)
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Summary
A late 17th or early 18th century timber-framed and plastered house (built in around 1700).
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Location
| Grid reference | TL 7548 2284 (point) |
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Type and Period
Description
October 1951. Grade II listed.
A late 17th or early 18th century timber-framed and plastered house (built in around 1700). Originally built on an 'L-shaped' plan with wings to the north-east and south-west. It has 18th century and later alterations and additions. <1>
See photos <2>.
Blandford House, 140 yards south-west of the church, is of two storeys with attics. It was built in around 1700 on an 'L-shaped' plan with the wings extending towards the north-east and south-east; at the back are extensive modern additions. On the north-west front is an original shell-porch with carved brackets. Inside the building, the original staircase has a moulded rail and string and twisted balusters. In the house is preserved a terra-cotta tablet with the royal arms of Elizabeth from a former building (Plate, p. xxxvi). <3>
Original HER entry merged with NRHE data transfer.
Sources
- <1> SEX20936 LIST: Department of the Environment. 1973. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Braintree and Bocking. p.57.
- <2> SEX56253 Photograph: Essex County Council. 1970-1993. ECC Historic Buildings Photo Print Archive. 1 frame, 5/1984.
- <3> SEX183 Monograph: RCHME. 1921. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex, Volume II, Central and South-West. p.28.
Other References
- NRHE identifier: 922831
- National Monuments Record: TL 72 SE 76