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Valley Farmhouse

A Grade II Listed Building in Lamarsh, Essex

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9976 / 51°59'51"N

Longitude: 0.7379 / 0°44'16"E

OS Eastings: 588054

OS Northings: 236774

OS Grid: TL880367

Mapcode National: GBR RK8.MDW

Mapcode Global: VHKFH.Q2Z0

Plus Code: 9F32XPXQ+25

Entry Name: Valley Farmhouse

Listing Date: 12 November 1984

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1122853

English Heritage Legacy ID: 114848

ID on this website: 101122853

Location: Braintree, Essex, CO8

County: Essex

District: Braintree

Civil Parish: Lamarsh

Traditional County: Essex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Essex

Church of England Parish: Lamarsh Holy Innocents

Church of England Diocese: Chelmsford

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Description


LAMARSH
TL 83 NE
2/59 Valley Farmhouse
- II
House. C15, with major alterations of c.1600. Timber framed, plastered, roofed
with handmade red clay tiles. 4 bays facing S, with late C16 axial chimney
stack near middle. C17 2-bay service wing to left, with end chimney stack, and
full-height lean-to extension beyond, with corrugated iron roof. 2 storeys and
attics in main house, one storey and attic in service wing. Altered c.1600 to
present 2 feature fables to front, with a short space between them mainly
occupied by the chimney stack. Ground floor, 3 C20 casements, one early C19
sash of 9 lights and one of 12 lights. First floor, one C19 casement in gabled
dormer of service wing, one C19 horizontally sliding sash window of 12 lights,
one C20 casement. Attic gables, 2 C19 casements. 4 grouped octagonal shafts.
Early C20 gabled porch. The interior has jowled posts, and heavy studding with
curved bracing trenched outside. The original floor at the right end has a
chamfered beam with step stops, and plain joists of horizontal section jointed
to it with unrefined soffit tenons. The inserted floor at the left end of the
main house has a chamfered beam and plain joists of horizontal section supported
on pegged clamps. In the rear wall at the right end an unglazed window is
present below the wallplate, blocked, with one diamond mullion visible. The
roof has been wholly rebuilt c.1600, the original wallplates severed by large
frieze windows at back and front. The house has remained unusually unaltered
since. RCHM 5.


Listing NGR: TL8805436774

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