Description

TQ 65 SW PLAXTOL ROUGHWAY LANE
4/32 (south side)

1.8.52 Rats Castle

II*

Farmhouse. Possibly C14 much altered especially in C16, C19 and C20. Timber-framed.
Random galletted rubble stone ground floor, underbuilt to conceal the jetty above.
Tile-hung first floor Steep hipped plain tiled roof with gablets and small return
gable over projecting 2-storey bay. Two gables behind and 2 dormers to west. Two
storeys with attic and cellar in south-west corner. Three windows to north, very
irregular, casements. Off-centre Tudor doorway with moulded arched brick surround,
the imposts carved stone with sphinx-like masks. Initials S. C. (Stephen Chilman,
owner) in gable, of Elizabethan date. Modern one-storey verandah to south with
balcony over. Interior. Half of hall opened. Decorated beam at east and of hall
C16 fireplace with wooden bressumer.

Listing NGR: TQ6255553083

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17547091

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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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