Description

TL 7614 TERLING GAMBLES GREEN
(north-west side)

10/132 Marchants

GV II

Cottage. Late C16, altered in early C17, C18 and C20. Timber framed,
plastered, roof partly thatched, partly of handmade red clay tiles. 2 bays
facing SE, thatched, with external stack at right end, and single-storey lean-to
extension to rear. C18 2-bay extension to left, formerly comprising another
cottage, the roof tiled, with axial stack at the junction and external stack at
left end. One storey with attics. Ground floor, 2 C19 casements, 3 C20
casements, and C20 bow window. First floor, 5 C19 casements in gabled dormers.
Plain boarded door, and C20 door in lean-to porch. The original build has
jowled posts, straight braces trenched inside the studs, and a clasped purlin
roof with arched wind-bracing. Early C17 floor comprising a chamfered
transverse beam with lamb's tongue stops, lap-dovetailed to the posts, with
plain joists of vertical section jointed to it with soffit tenons with
diminished haunches. The rear central post has been severed below the joint and
moved inwards. The left extension has unjowled posts and primary straight
bracing. Central stack much altered. A messuage called Merchants with one acre
is mentioned in a rental of the manor of Ringers in 1761 (Essex Record Office,
D/DRa T.59).

Listing NGR: TL7626814783

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26416516

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Recommended Books

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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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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)