Description

BALSHAM NINE CHIMNEYS LANE
TL 5850
11/25 Nine Chimneys
22.ll.67 House (No 19)
II
House. Late C16. Exposed timber frame and tiled roof. Red brick stack at
west end has three flues with C20 shafts of moulded red brick. Side stack to
north wall with three similar stacks. Originally the south cross wing of a
late C16 double ended hall house. The hall and north crossing have been
demolished. Three bays. Two storeys and attics. Two gable dormers. Leaded
light casements at doorway to centre bay. Inside: One of the hearths
retains the original opening of clunch with four centred and chamfered arch.
Others are of red brick and some repaired. Two first floor chambers
originally painted. A fragment remains in the east wall. Slide purlin roof.
The house was probably built in c.1583 for Thomas Sutton, the Master of the
Ordnance to Queen Elizabeth I.

V.C.H. Cambs Vol VI p 129
W. Sanders: Nine Chimneys House, Balsham
Pevsner: Buildings of England
C.R.O: Enclosure Award Map 1806

Listing NGR: TL5851650966

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26616302

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