Description

ST35SE EAST BRENT CP GILLS LANE (East side)
Rooks Bridge

6/69 Bachelors Hall

9.2.61

- II

House. Late C18. Roughcast, pantile roof, coped verges, 2 brick stacks. Gothick; garden frontage of 2 storeys, 3 bays,
2-light casements, those to ground floor 2-light in an elaborate gothick style, those to first floor 2-light with
glazing bars featuring marginal lights. Central door opening, 6-panelled door; C20 verandah enclosing left half of
ground floor, pantile roof with glazed panels; two bay addition to right of frontage in conforming style, of C20. Lean
to porch to rear with a parapet; wide heavily moulded 4-centred entrance arch with a central carved boss, moulded
jaabs, adjacent a gargoyle, pointed arch inner door opening, 4 panelled door in a gothick style. Some co-eval interior
features. Room to rear of ground floor with 3 heavily moulded cambered ceiling beams with elaborate central bosses
believed to be reused from the roof of the North aisle of the church of St Mary, East Brent (qv); probably C15. Part of
the entrance arch to the rear of the building and the gargoyle may also be of this late,

Listing NGR: ST3679952173

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26553538

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  For the Record
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey