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Great Totham Hall (EHER 38880)

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Summary

A 17th century or earlier timber framed house with later alterations and additions. Summary from record 8202: Hall is early C17, two storeys, part timber-framed and plastered, part brick..

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 8618 1118 (34m by 34m)
Civil Parish GREAT TOTHAM, MALDON, ESSEX

Type and Period

Description

September 1976. Field survey. Great Totham Hall (name confirmed) is probably 16th century but much modernised and not outstanding. See ground photograph. <1> August 1985. Grade II listed. A 17th century or earlier timber framed house with later alterations and additions. It has double range roofs, the rear half hipped, which are covered in red plain tile. The building is two storeys with a single storey 18th/19th century extensions to the left and right. A private press was run at the Hall by tenant farmer Charles Clark 1833-62, 'Tiptree' and 'Epsom Races', 'Last will of Thos. Tusser' and an Essex poem 'John Noakes and Mary Stiles' were among the publications. <2> See photos <3>. On Chapman and Andre map. <4> Hall is early 17th century, two storeys, part timber-framed and plastered, part brick. Roofs are tiled. Original central chimneystack, with attached shafts. 'Modern' additions. <5> Hall shown on an aerial photograph in the EHER. <6> Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import.

Sources

  • <1> PERSONAL OBSERVATION: Ordnance Survey. Field Investigator's Comments. Stevens, P.A., 29-SEP-76.
  • <2> Webpage: Historic England. 2011. National Heritage List for England (NHLE).
  • <3> Photograph: Essex County Council. 1970-1993. ECC Historic Buildings Photo Print Archive. 2 frames, .
  • <4> Map: Chapman, J. and Andre, P.. 1777. Map of the County of Essex (C&A map). Paper.
  • <5> Monograph: RCHME. 1922. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex, Volume III, North-East. p.133.
  • <6> Aerial Photograph: Unknown. 1977. 3.19.

Related Monuments/Buildings (3)

Other References

  • Old SMR Number: TL81-046
  • NRHE identifier: 381195
  • National Monuments Record: TL 81 SE 10

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