Bohuns Hall, 29 Church Street, Tollesbury (EHER 39132)

A 16th or 17th century timber framed house, altered in the late 18th to mid 19th century. It has four bays, aligned approximately North-South and a three-bay crosswing to the North, with a lean-to extension in the NE angle and to the East of the crosswing.

September 1972. Site visit. Traces of 16th century work, but not outstanding. <1> February 1987. Grade II listed. A 16th or 17th century timber framed house, altered in the mid 19th century. It is mainly clad with red brick (partly painted), and partly plastered. The roof is covered mainly with handmade red clay tiles, and partly with 20th century concrete tiles. It has four bays, aligned approximately North-South and a three-bay crosswing to the North, with a lean-to extension in the NE angle and to the East of the crosswing. The entrance hall is a mid 19th century single-storey structure to the East, built of painted brick with a clerestory hipped roof of decorative semi-octagonal slates. The entrance block on the E side is of unusual interest, and appears to be built over a contemporary cellar. In the ground of the house is a 19th century dairy to the North of the crosswing and an 18th or 19th century parallel range to the East of the main range. <2> See photos <3>. May 2008. Heritage assessment. The North wing of Bohuns Hall, appears at first sight to be a cross-wing of the late 16th century to which a major dwelling has been added later on. Particular features of note are the complete (previously glazes) window with moulded cill, and the fine, original moulded bargeboards on the East gable. The slightly strange proportions of the building will have been the result of raising the ground level, both inside and out and the periodic erosion of the soil plates. <4> Bohun’s Hall is identified by Morant as the second of the sub-manors held by St Mary’s of Barking. The site was owned by the Bohun family in 1433. The current structure on the site is of 16th or 17th century date, and must have replaced an earlier manor-house. Bohun’s Hall was rebuilt in the 16th or 17th century. It is timber-framed, mainly clad in red brick and partly plastered. It comprised four bays, with a three bay crosswing to the North. In the 18th or 19th century a dairy was added to the North of the crosswing, a second parallel range to the East of the main range and lean-to extensions to the NE and North. In the mid 19th century an entrance hall with contemporary cellar was added on the Eastern side. The timber framed and weatherboarded barn and byre in the farmyard are 18th century in date (see EHER 39133 and EHER 39134). <5> Bohun's Hall [T.I.] <6> Bohun's Hall, house and barn, 1/4 m South of Tollesbury church. The House has a wing at the North end, of 16th or early 17th century date, but the rest of the house was rebuilt probably late in the 18th century. <7> Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import.