Description

TL 50 SW ONGAR GREENSTED 4/53 "Greensted Hall"

GV II*

House. Now 3 dwellings. Probably a Medieval Hall core with extensive c.1700 rebuilding, said to have been an open hearth under the centre of the present drawing room. Timber framed with brick cladding to half H-plan front. Red plain tiled roofs.2 storeys and attics. 2:6:1: window range of small paned vertical sliding sash windows, 3 gable dormers. Parapet. Segmental brick arches to windows. Sundial to left crosswing with date (1698 A and M.C.) Alexander and Mary Cleeve date "1695" on S front. Central pedimented doorcase with C20 small paned glazed door. The East front has a central pediment. West front 4:1:4 window range of small paned vertical sliding sashes, and a projecting open porch. Interior with central pine panelled drawing room, pine chimney pieces and other panelling, a fine staircase with twisted balusters and carved string all of c.1700. 3 large red brick chimney stacks. RCHM 2.

Listing NGR: TL5389503053

External Links

• Greensted Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17531716

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Recommended Books

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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)