Description

BRENTWOOD

TQ6291 CRICKETERS LANE, Herongate
723-1/13/188 (North East side)
20/02/76 No.59
Maxes

II

House. C18, altered in C19 and C20. Timber-framed, plastered
and weatherboarded, roofed with slate. Main range facing SW
with cross-wings at both ends, extending forwards, each with
an internal stack. 3 adjacent wings to rear of different
widths.
2 storeys. Ground floor, 2 late C19/early C20 splayed bays of
casements, with moulded plaster parapets. First floor, 3 late
C19/early C20 casements. All the front windows are transomed,
with Tudor style heads. Tudor style plaster labels over
first-floor windows. A glazed porch occupies the space between
the projecting wings, with double half-glazed doors and a
balcony over with wrought-iron railing. Low-pitched roofs. The
rear elevation is weatherboarded on the ground floor,
plastered above.
INTERIOR: late C18 stair at rear of entrance hall, with 2
slender turned balusters to each step, and a wreathed and
moulded mahogany handrail. No framing is exposed internally,
but the main range has a axial beam, and each cross-wing has a
transverse beam, all with plaster mouldings. Moulded plaster
coving in the ground-floor rooms. The left ground-floor room
has an early C19 recessed cupboard, and the right ground-floor
room has a recess beside the fireplace with a semi-elliptical
arch.
HISTORICAL NOTE: this house was recorded as a cottage in 1733,
and in Chapman and Andre's map of 1777 it is shown as Marshes.
It was enlarged by Richard Woods, surveyor, shortly before
1791, who also enclosed 2« x 9« roods of common, and was then
called Maxes. In a sale catalogue of 1901 it was described as
Park House, then with 5 acres of garden, and c1970 reverted to
the name Maxes. At that time a large extension to the left,
including a belvedere, was demolished (shown in a photograph
in the owner's possession).

Listing NGR: TQ6278491487

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26491682

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
• 
  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
• 
  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
• 
  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
• 
  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)