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A History of the County of Essex
… described the rectory as consisting of 'a parsonage-house, a kitchen by itself, a barn, a stable, and a hay-house, also an orchard, a garden-plat, a little court-yard … kitchen in a terrier of 1810 although the lathand-plaster house still existed then. 54 Shortly before he died in 1805 …
A History of the County of Essex
… is Newhouse Farm, formerly Chalkpits, a timber-framed house which has been much restored but of which part may date … Lane is Faggoters Farm, a timberframed and roughcast house probably built in the 18th century. By the east side of … to the west of Faggoters Lane is Mashams, a timberframed house which may date from the 16th century. Beyond Mashams …
A History of the County of Essex
… Alcher died in 1303 the estate consisted of a dwelling house worth 3 s. 4 d. a year, 362 acres of arable worth £6 0 … the death of Abraham Thorrowgood and his wife the manor house and farm were leased to the Speed family and, from … no longer regarded as a manor. 39 The present farm-house stands on a moated site immediately north of the …
A History of the County of Essex
… High Laver Nonconformity NONCONFORMITY The house of Robert Morris in High Laver was licensed for … apparently been closed by 1906. 93 It is now a dwelling house called 'Drinkwaters'. It lies outside the parish …
A History of the County of Essex
… to the governor of the workhouse'. By 1776, however, the house had become a mere poor house where paupers were lodged rent free. 96 It lay on the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… about 1 m. E. of the parish church. d(5). Cozen's Farm, house and moat, m. N.E. of (4). The House is of two storeys, timber-framed and plastered; the … ceiling-beams. The Moat is fragmentary. Conditionof house, fairly good. c(6). Marden Ash, house, about m. S. of …
A History of the County of Essex
… High Ongar to the priory of Rumilly-le-Comte, a Cluniac house in the Pas-de-Calais. 99 That he had possessed the … church is usually close to the site of an ancient manor house whose lord possessed the advowson. At Stanford Rivers … were commuted in 1849 for £1,382. 23 In 1610 the Rectory house contained fourteen rooms and had extensive …
A History of the County of Essex
… were not dependent on local resources. Marden Ash House, described in 1768 as a 'seat', was probably built by … staircase of this period. Externally the appearance of the house was entirely altered in the middle of the 18th century, … stable block has a clock turret and cupola. North of the house is a consciously picturesque gardener's cottage, …
A History of the County of Essex
… £300. 6 In 1919 the farm was 268 acres. 7 The present farm-house is timber-framed and plastered. It shows no obvious … of antiquity, and if it formed part of the medieval manor house it was probably largely reconstructed in the 18th … Torrance. 65 A moated site north-east of the present farm-house indicates the position of the original manor house of …