2, 4 and 6 Porters Yard (EHER 37724)

14th and 15th century timber-framed houses, now three dwellings.

NRHE data transfer: 2, 4 and 6 Porters Yard. Three houses, former single house, of the 14th and 15th century, timber-framed and plastered with gabled peg tile roofs. (RCHM 30). Grade II*. <1> House, now three tenements, 200 yards south of the church, on the south side of the Great Bardfield Road, was built, probably early in the 16th century, with a cross-wing at the east end, and a wing extending towards the north at the west end. The cross-wing was extended towards the north in the 18th century. The upper storey projects at both ends of the original cross-wing, and has a moulded bressummer at the north end. Inside the building, a fireplace, possibly original, has a moulded lintel. In a room in the cross-wing is an original doorway with a four-centred head, now blocked. Another room has some panelling and two panelled doors of the 17th century. <2> See: <3>