Description

BRADFORD STREET
1.
885
(West Side)
BOCKING
No 11
TL 7523 2/48 25.10.51.
II* GV

2.
A timber-framed and plastered house built in the second half of the C16, originally
on a T shaped plan with a cross wing at the south end, but C18 alterations and
additions made the plan irregular. 2 storeys, attics and cellars. The crosswing,
partly jettied on the 1st storey projects at the south end with 3 window range
and the main block extends to the north with 2 window range, double-hung sashes
with glazing bars, in flush cased frames. Two of the windows on the 1st storey
are 3-light and the ground storey has 2 3-light bays. The north end of the
main block is also partly jettied on the 1st storey and is partly underbuilt
in brick, (painted). The east front has 2 large C18 rain water heads under
the jetty. A number of gabled wings extend to the west at the rear making a
picturesque group of gabled roofs. The south side of the rear wing is jettied
with a long range of casements under the jetty. Roofs tiled, with an original
chimney stack with 3 octagonal shafts on a rectangular base. The interior has
a number of original features including 2 open fireplaces with carved wood fire
surrounds, panelling, doors and a fresco painting on the ground storey. RCHM (36).

Nos 3 to 13 (odd) form a group with Little Bradfords and barn to the
south east of Little Bradfords on the east side.

Listing NGR: TL7596823705

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17557613

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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