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BRENTWOOD

TQ69SW MAGPIE LANE, Little Warley
723-1/9/230 (South side)
15/07/94 Greyhound Public House

GV II

Public house. Early C16, C19, C20. Timber-framing, partially
weatherboarded, brick, peg-tile roof. L-shaped plan, principal
range with E cross-wing.
EXTERIOR: principal range, with central stack, ground floor
brick, 3 segment headed windows with lower plain panes and
upper lights with glazing bars, 4x2 panes. Segment headed
doorway at junction with cross-wing, door has upper glazing
with glazing bars, 3x3 panes and lower panes. First floor, 2
windows rising through eaves with facade gables with barge
boards. E cross-wing has ground and first floor C20 double
casement with glazing bars, ground floor 6x4 panes, first
floor 6x5 panes. E elevation (partially inspected) has 2
external stacks to cross-wing, probably rebuilds of early
ones. There are additions to the rear of the cross-wing,(not
inspected).
INTERIOR: the E cross-wing was a high end cross-wing of a
medieval hall house. Ground floor inspection shows evidence of
original jetty to front, storey posts and binding joist of 2
bayed frame with removed arched braces. Stud, arched brace on
original hall face with sooting of surrounding also, door
frame to rear of cross-wing, leading off the hall. Principal
tie-beam above central cross-wing truss seen from road,
through upper window. Inspection of upper floor not permitted
but timber-framing (of the hall) is said to continue into the
main range to about half way at first floor level though
nothing is apparent on the ground floor. W end rebuilt and not
of special interest.
The Greyhound and the outbuildings (qv) form a group.

Listing NGR: TQ6050690472