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Olivers Farmhouse (EHER 28418)

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Summary

Late 16th century manor house, with 19th and 20th century alterations. It is of two storeys with attics and built on an L-shaped plan with the wings extending towards the west and south. Modern additions are at the back of the west wing and at the south end and east side of the south wing.

Map

Location

Grid reference TL 7448 3674 (point)
Civil Parish TOPPESFIELD, BRAINTREE, ESSEX

Type and Period

Description

NRHE data transfer: Oliver's Farm (NAT). <1> Olivers Farmhouse. Manor house, late 16th century, altered in the 19th and 20th century. RCHM 14. Grade II*. <2> Oliver's Farm, house, now two tenements, about 1/2 mile south-east of the church, is of two storeys with attics. It was built on an L-shaped plan with the wings extending towards the west and south, but has modern additions at the back of the west wing, and at the south end and east side of the south wing. On the north front are old mullioned and transomed window frames. Inside the building, the middle part of the main block originally formed a hall of one storey and of two bays, with a fireplace in the south wall; in the ceiling are moulded beams and stop-chamfered joists, and there is a wall-post with a moulded corbel. In the upper storey is an original door of three panels. <3>

Sources

  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1969. Ordnance Survey 1:10560 (6 inch) Post War National Grid. 1968.
  • <2> DESC TEXT: Department of the Environment. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Braintree. p.49.
  • <3> Monograph: RCHME. 1916. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex, Volume I, North-West. p.326.

Other References

  • NRHE identifier: 880614
  • National Monuments Record: TL 73 NW 28

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