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

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