Site of 16th century house, Bois Hall Farm, Sudbury Road (EHER 9442)

Site of early 16th century farmhouse. When it was demolished in the 1960s, evidence of an earlier manor house was revealed.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Boishall Farm [NAT]. <1> Boishall Farm, house, is of two storeys with attics. It was built in the first half of the 16th century, on an L-shaped plan with the wings extending towards the south-west and south-east, but the front and south-east end of the south-west wing have been rebuilt, and there are modern additions on the south-west side of the south-east wing. Inside the building on the ground floor, two rooms in the south-east wing have original ceiling-beams, carved with a running foliage ornament, and supported by shaped wall-posts. Condition - Good, except roof. <2> An earlier manor house stood on the road, "taken down and good modern house erected". <3> The farmhouse is not marked on OS 1:10000 1974 and is no longer extant. <4> Map of Halstead given as reference, map in ERO. Bois Hall manor-house was located to the north of the old market-place on Head Street. Originally it was subservient to Abels Manor, but the positions were reversed in the 18th century. Bois Hall manor was rebuilt in 1605 and altered considerably over the succeeding years, including the addition of a late Victorian brick front. Demolition in the 1960s of the post-medieval house revealed that it had had an earlier predecessor. <5> See also: <6> - <8>