Description

TL 6222 GREAT DUNMOW CHURCH STREET (S Side)
7/25 No. 2,4 & 6 Porters
20.2.67 Yard

GV II*

Three houses, former single house, C14 and C15, timber framed and plastered
with gabled peg tile roofs. 'H' plan form former hall house with 2 storey
crosswing at each end and one storey and attics hall block between. The hall
block has lean-to peg tile roofed dormer and small gabled dormer in front roof
slope. The rear of this block has large peg tile roofed, lean-to dormer and
single storey lean-to extension with large C17 red brick stack with C20
rebuilding of upper part. The E crosswing was extended forward to the road
frontage and this part has a central, plastered gable and stack. The W
crosswing (No. 2) has a C20 peg tile roofed lean-to porch extension and central
ridge line stack. The windows are a mixture of C20 and C19 painted timber
casements of various patterns. The interior reveals an open hall of 2 unequal
bays, with inserted floor and stack and traces of mullioned hall window. Crown
post roof, heavily soot blackened with four way bracing. W crossing appears
contemporary with heavy frame and short thick tie beam braces. E crosswing is
early C15, was jettied at N and S with central tennoned floor joists and halved
and bridled scarf joints. Remains of service doors between this and hall.
(RCHM 30).

Listing NGR: TL6288522774

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17533734

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)