Great Becketts (EHER 35387)

Late 16th century timber-framed house.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Great Becketts [NAT]. <1> Great Becketts. Timber-framed and plastered house built about 1580. Grade II. <2> Great Becketts, farmhouse, 3/4 mile north-west of the church, is of two storeys with attics, and was built about 1580; at the south-east end is a modern addition. The timber-framing is exposed in the original south-east gable. The original central chimney-stack has a square base with four octagonal shafts which have moulded caps and bases. Inside the building, the north-west room has three walls covered with late 16th century panelling, the upper rails and some of the panels are carved; the stone fireplace has semi-octagonal shafted jambs and a square head with a moulded entablature. The next room has a corner cupboard of about 1700, and the room above it has a stone fireplace with moulded jambs and three-centred arch in a square head with a moulded entablature. <3> Timber-framed and plastered house built around 1580. The timber-framing is exposed in the south-east gable, with brick nogging and at the north-west end there is a small gabled cross-wing. An 18th to 19th century single-storeyed addition extends on the south-east end, with one gabled dormer. It has casement windows. The roofs are tiled, with an original central chimney stack with four octagonal stacks with moulded caps and bases on a square base. There is one gabled dormer at the rear. The interior has carved panelling and moulded brick fireplaces. <4> See also: <5>