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Little Jenkins (EHER 38022)

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Summary

16th century timber-framed house.

Map

Location

Grid reference TL 4996 1993 (point)
Civil Parish GREAT HALLINGBURY, UTTLESFORD, ESSEX

Type and Period

Description

House is 16th century and restored with 20th century additions. It has a plain tile red roof, with three small feature gables. The house is timber-framed and plastered with two storeys and three range casements, the upper with canted bays. It has an off centre plain wooden door (RCHM11). <1> See: <2> NRHE data transfer: Little Jenkins, farmhouse, 3/4 mile west-north-west of the church, was built in the 15th or early in the 16th century on a rectangular plan with a small staircase-wing at the back; adjoining this wing is an 18th century addition. Inside the building is an old oak door of moulded battens, and in the roof an original king-post truss is visible. <3> 16th century restored with 20th century additions, Grade II. <4>

Sources

  • <1> Webpage: Historic England. 2011. National Heritage List for England (NHLE).
  • <2> Photograph: Essex County Council. 1970-1993. ECC Historic Buildings Photo Print Archive. 1 frame.
  • <3> DESC TEXT: Department of the Environment. 1983. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Uttlesford. p.7.
  • <4> Monograph: RCHME. 1921. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex, Volume II, Central and South-West. p.96.

Other References

  • NRHE identifier: 610166
  • National Monuments Record: TL 41 NE 42

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