Description

MOUNTNESSING

TQ69NW ROMAN ROAD
723-1/6/231 (South East side)
20/02/76 No.301
Drury's Farmhouse
(Formerly Listed as:
BRENTWOOD
ROMAN ROAD, Mountnessing
(South East side)
No.301
Drury farmhouse)

GV II

House. C16 or earlier, altered in C18, extended in C18 and
C19. Timber-framed, faced with red brick in Flemish bond,
partly plastered, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. 2-bay
main range facing NW with axial stack at right end. 2-bay
cross-wing to right, projecting slightly forwards. Cross-wing
to left with similar forward projection, projecting further to
the rear, with stack at left side. C18/early C19 single-storey
extension to rear of left cross-wing, with axial stack, and
short C19 extension beyond. C20 lean-to conservatory to right
of left cross-wing and part of first extension.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Ground floor, 2 late C19 sashes of 3+3
lights. First floor, 3 similar sashes. Central C19 double
half-glazed doors, and tiled lean-to canopy spanning the space
between the projecting cross-wings. Both cross-wing roofs are
hipped at the front. 2 grouped diagonal shafts emerge directly
from the roof of the main range. The rear elevation has on the
ground floor one similar sash and one C19 casement, and on the
first floor one similar casement and one smaller casement. The
rear part of the rear extension (now a farm shop) is of red
brick, and encloses C18/early C19 patterned plaster on the
formerly external wall of the earlier extension. Internal
inspection refused July 1989. The forward projection of the
cross-wings implies that originally they were jettied to the
front, now underbuilt, and the hips at the front are C18
alterations to roofs whose structure is otherwise likely to be
original and undisturbed. The roof of the main range has been
raised to 2 full storeys in the C17 or C18, enclosing the
platform at the top of the earlier stack, and part of the
early C17 grouped diagonal shafts, so that little or no
original roof structure remains in situ. This is typical of a
late medieval yeoman farmhouse which formerly comprised a hall
range and 2 jettied cross-wings, possibly of different dates,
with a late C16 inserted stack at the right end of the hall
range, roof raised in the C17 or C18, and cross-wing roofs
altered to hips in the C18. Other external features are C19.
Any future alterations should be preceded by a detailed
internal inspection and analysis of the timber structure. RCHM
8 records 3 grouped diagonal shafts.

Listing NGR: TQ6284597491

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26584775

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