Description

TL 72 NW PANFIELD BRAINTREE ROAD
(west side)

3/6 Little Priory Farmhouse

GV II

House. C17, altered in early C19. Timber framed, plastered, roofed with slate
and handmade red clay tiles, stacks of red brick and gault brick. 4 bays facing
NE with red brick stack one bay from left end against front wall. Extended to
left by one bay in C18 or C19. External stack of gault brick at right end.
Original rear wing of 2 bays to rear of main stack, with external end stack of
gault brick. C17 extension of 3 bays in right rear angle, parallel with main
range, and small C19 lean-to extension at right end. 2 storeys. 3-window range
of early C19 sashes of 16 lights, with crown glass. 6-panel door with lower
panels boarded. The front elevation has been raised approx. one metre in the
early C19, plastered with incised lines in imitation of ashlar, presenting a
hipped roof of shallow pitch with slates to the front, but retaining the steeply
pitched roof with tiles to the rear. Other roofs of tiles. The interior has
chamfered beams with lamb's-tongue-and-notch stops, plain joists of vertical
section (originally plastered to the soffits, some now exposed), jowled posts.
Large wood-burning hearth facing to left, with some renewed brickwork. Rear
hearth rebuilt in C20. Early C19 stair with wreathed rosewood rails, stick
balusters, 2 cast iron stanchions with guilloche and other motifs, and scrolled
tread ends. In rear wing, early C19 pine corner cupboard with profiled
shelves.

Listing NGR: TL7433825692

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26622199

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Recommended Books

• 
  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)