Limesbrook Farmhouse (EHER 39179)

Early C16 timber framed house.

January 1953. Grade II listed. An early 16th century timber framed and plastered house, altered in the early 19th century. The roof is covered with handmade red clay tiles. The building comprises a three-bay range with a long-wall jetty to the south. The 19th century extension is to the west. There is a three-bay crosswing at the east end, which is also jettied to the south, and is also with a 19th century extension to the west. An early 19th century narrow entrance range to the north of the main range completes the rectangular plan of the building, altering a house which originally faced south, to one which faces north. It is described as the manor of Langbrokes by P. Morant, The History and Antiquities of Essex, 1768, I, 399, and as Langbrokes in Chapman and Andre's map of 1777. <1> See photos <2>. NRHE data transfer: Limesbrook Farm [T.I] <3> Limesbrook Farm, house, was built late in the 15th century and of this building the east cross-wing remains. The main block was rebuilt late in the 16th century and there are modern additions on the north side. The upper storey projects on the south side, the overhang being carried across the earlier east wing in the 16th century. Grade 2, 8/179. <4> <5> April 1960. Field survey. 'Limesbrook Farm' (name confirmed), as described above, is in good condition. See general photo AO/60/150/3 from south-east. <6>