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Whiteheads (EHER 4480)

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Summary

15th and late 16th century timber-framed house.

Map

Location

Grid reference TL 5674 1816 (point)
Civil Parish HATFIELD BROAD OAK, UTTLESFORD, ESSEX

Type and Period

Description

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: The house is two-storied and the walls are timber-framed. It was probably built about 1560. One window has an original mullion and the original chimney stack has a sunk panel with initials E.T. and the date 1560. <1> Former farmhouse built in the 15th century or earlier, rebuilt in 1560, and extended in the 20th century. It is timber-framed and plastered with a roof of pegtiles, and a 20th century extension built of red bricks with exposed framing reused from a barn, also with a pegtile roof. <2> See: <3> - <5>

Sources

  • <1> Monograph: RCHME. 1921. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex, Volume II, Central and South-West. v.2, p.120.
  • <2> DESC TEXT: Department of the Environment. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Uttlesford. p.475.
  • <3> Photograph: Stokes, A.H.. 1977. TL51-110.
  • <4> Photograph: Essex County Council. 1970-1993. ECC Historic Buildings Photo Print Archive. 2 frames.
  • <5> Collection: Various. Various. Historic England Archive. BF034185.

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

Other References

  • Old SMR Number: TL51-110
  • NRHE identifier: 514494
  • National Monuments Record: TL 51 NE 46

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