Description

TOLLESHUNT MAJOR BECKINGHAM STREET
TL 91 SW (south side)
3/101 Gate Farmhouse
- II

House. Mainly C17, with fragment of late medieval house, extended in C19.
Timber framed, plastered, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. One bay of a
medieval hall house facing N, which formerly extended to the E, and C19 red
brick extension to rear of it, with end stack. C18 3-bay house to E of medieval
bay, stepped slightly forward from it, with central stack forming a
lobby-entrance, the whole forming an L-plan. 2 storeys. 2-window range of
mid-C19 sashes with marginal lights. Central flush 4-panel door. Right return
of medieval bay faced with C19 red brick. The medieval bay is lower than the
main block, and has a more steeply pitched roof, rebuilt in softwood. Jowled
posts. At the junction between the 2 parts is a fragmentary crownpost truss,
the plain crownpost heavily smoke-blackened on the left side, indicating that
the present C17 building occupies the site of the medieval hall. In the main
building, one chamfered axial beam with lamb's tongue stops, the other boxed in.
Large wood-burning hearths reduced for C20 grates. Clasped purlin roof, with
re-used smoke-blackened rafters from the medieval hall.

Listing NGR: TL9022411358

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26613575

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)