North Fambridge Hall (EHER 38535)

A timber-framed house, possibly of medieval origin, built in around 1600 and altered in the 19th and 20th centuries. The three-bay main range is flanked by a two-bay crosswing to the front right, and a three-bay crosswing to the left. There are several extensions and lean-to outshots around the building of various age.

May 1986. Grade II listed. A timber framed house, possibly of medieval origin, built in around 1600 and altered in the 19th century. It is clad with red brick and partly painted. The roof is covered in handmade red clay tiles. The main range comprises three bays facing North, and there is a two-bay crosswing to the right which projects forwards. To the right of the crosswing is a single-storey ancillary building roofed with red clay pantiles. To the left of the main range is a three-bay crosswing which projects forwards and backwards. There are angled towers in both the joining angles between the main range and crosswings. The front roof is hipped and the rear roof is gabled to the side. There are two single-storey lean-to extensions in front of the main range, one of which has a sheet metal roof. Lastly, there is a 20th century flat-roofed single-storey extension to the rear of the left crosswing. The main range is of two storeys and attics, and has a scattered arrangement of 19th and 20th century windows. There is much exposed timber frame throughout the building. Internally, there remains a large wood-burning hearth reduced for a modern grate. <1> See photos <2>. The house is of two storeys, timber framed and plastered, probably of 16th century origin with crosswings at the East and West ends, all much altered. There is no surviving evidence of any significant garden. <3>