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Martins Green (EHER 35484)

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Summary

Mid 16th century timber-framed house.

Map

Location

Grid reference TL 4678 2985 (point) NRHE location corroborates existing HER point.
Civil Parish BERDEN, UTTLESFORD, ESSEX

Type and Period

Description

NRHE data transfer: Martin's Green. Formerly Martin's Farm. Mid 16thc timber-framed and plastered house. Grade II. <1> Martin's Farm, now two tenements, is of mid 16th century date. On the south front the upper storey projects and rests on four curved brackets. The original east chimney-stack has apparently three offsets; but is covered with ivy. At the back is a gabled wing, and some of the timber-framing is exposed. The four-centred oak head of a doorway, and part of a staircase, formerly at Martin's Farm, are preserved at the Vicarage. <2>

Sources

  • <1> DESC TEXT: Department of the Environment. 1980. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Uttlesford. p.34.
  • <2> Monograph: RCHME. 1916. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex, Volume I, North-West. p.25.

Other References

  • NRHE identifier: 919199
  • National Monuments Record: TL 42 NE 36

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