Description

BRENTWOOD

TQ69NW SAINT ANNES ROAD, Shenfield 723-1/6/265 (South side) 20/02/76 Fitzwalters (Formerly Listed as: HALL LANE, Shenfield Fitzwalters)

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House. C18. Red brick in Flemish bond, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. Entrance range facing SW, with 2 axial stacks, and single-storey extension with hipped roof to left. Wing to rear right, facing SE, with 2 axial stacks, and another wing to left of the rear end, of which the right part is early C19, the left part late C19, the brickwork keyed in. The whole forms a half-H plan. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. The SW elevation has on the ground floor three C19 casements in original apertures with flat arches of gauged brick, one inserted casement, and one sash of 6+3 lights with a similar arch; and on the first floor six C19 casements. C20 half-glazed door with moulded flat canopy on 2 stanchions. Sun firemark attached to wall above canopy. The SE elevation has on the ground floor one C20 bay with a French window, one sash of 3+6 lights in an altered aperture, one similar sash in an original aperture with a flat arch of gauged brick and 2 original sashes with shallow segmental arches of gauged brick; the sashes each have a single hinged light. On the first floor are 3 casements in original apertures with flat arches of gauged brick, one large sash of 2+2 lights inserted 1989 with a course of vertical bricks above, and 3 original sashes of 6+6 lights each with a single hinged light. Half-glazed 6-panel door at right end. Straight joint between the 5 sashes at right and the remainder. Fully hipped roofs. Moated site. In 1768 P Morant reported that an octagonal mansion house built for John Morecroft `after an Italian model' stood nearby; its site is 100m SE of the present house. Shown as in the occupation of Mr Wright in J Cary's Survey of the High Roads from London. (Morant P: The History and Antiquities of the County of Essex: 1768-: 194; Cary J: Survey of the High Roads from London: 1790-: 47).

Listing NGR: TQ6173497157

External Links

• Wikidata Q26568786

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)