Roydon Hall Farmhouse (EHER 3204)

16th century timber-framed building with later (17th century) wing projecting south at the east end. The west end has octagonal turrets and the east end has only the lower part of the turrets. Alterations took place in the 18th, 19th and 20th century.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import. 16th century timber-framed building with later wing projecting south at the east end. <1> <2> <3> Late 16th century building, altered in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. It is mainly timber-framed and plastered; the original end walls are of red brick in English bond, an addition is in gault brick in Flemish bond; roofed with handmade red clay tiles and slate. The house may once have been much larger, if only to include service accommodation. From 1544 the manor of Royden was held by Mary Roydon, a minor, who married John Lucas of Colchester; it is likely that he built the house in around 1570. "In 1567 the manor comprised 600 acres of arable, 100 of meadow, 600 of pasture, 500 of wood, 100 of marsh, 200 of furze and heath, with rents in Ramsey, Wrabness and Witham, a major estate which was further increased by the time of his death in 1599". <4> <5> The west end has octagonal turrets and the east end has only the lower parts of the turrets. <2> As above; not outstanding. <6> Photographs <7> Additional reference <8>