Rands (EHER 36472)

Early 16th century timber-framed house.

16th to 17th century timber-framed house on a moated site, refronted in the 18th century in red brick. It is one storey and attics, with casement windows with glazing bars. A modern gabled porch projects on the front. The roof is tiled, half hipped at the east and west ends, with three gabled dormers, a central chimney stack and an external chimney stack at the east end. A wing extends at the rear. The interior has exposed timber-framing, ceiling beams and joists. <1> July 2021. Level 3 building survey. Rands Farm lies alongside Stansted Airport's runway to the north of a lane that formerly continued to Bassingbourne Hall. It occupies what may be a medieval moated site and in 1843 was a modest tenanted holding of 29 acres. The grade II-listed former farmhouse is a well preserved early 16th century timber-framed dwelling with the usual three-cell layout that was encased in brick during the mid 19th century and substantially extended in the Arts & Crafts style at the beginning of the 20th. <2>