Outbuilding at Chickney Hall (Old Chickney Hall) (EHER 4623)

Late 16th to early 17th century large outbuilding, probably a granary, later converted to house.

Monument description derived from merging EHER 4623 and 37511. Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Chickney Hall [NAT]. <1> Chickney Hall and barn, about 200 yards east-south-east of the church. The house is of two storeys with attics; the walls are of plastered timber-framing; the roofs are tiled. It was built early in the 17th century on an L-shaped plan with the wings extending towards the east and north, and probably at the end of the 17th century the east wing was extended towards the east and the building was heightened to form attics; there are modern additions on the west side of the wing, and on the east side of the north wing. The north wing has on the south front a late 17th century wood cornice with modillions, carried round the ends of the wing; in the roof are four hipped dormer windows with old glazing. Inside the building in the east room of the original east wing is a dado of early 17th century panelling, re-set, and there is similar re-set panelling in the adjoining west room. In the north wing is an original door of moulded battens. The barn, north-east of the house, is probably of the 17th century. Condition: of house and barn, good. <2> Outbuilding at Clavering Hall - probably large granary, now house. Late 16th or early 17th century. Roof rebuilt as side purlin roof in the early 17th century. Has a 17th century half hipped midstrey. Site Assessment = Possibly house demolished as Chickney Hall described by Pevsner as 1935. Or possibly the house described by the RCHM is the granary in the DOE list. <3> Possibly house has been demolished as Pevsner gives hall as built in 1935. <4>