Description

TL 62 SW GREAT DUNMOW ONGAR ROAD 3/85 (North Side) Shingle Hall II

House, former Manor House. C.1400 and late C19. Part timber framed but encased and extended in gault brick. Roofs are a mixture of clay peg tiles and Welsh slates. Complex plan form with 2 parallel ranges cited north/south with return block across north end and projecting wing on west front. Roofs are all gabled with fretted bargeboards. East front has 3 bay block with double hung sashes with segmented heads and single vertical glazing bar, 3 gabled domes, and dentilled cornice and central porch. Beyond, to the north, is a gabled block. with projecting single storey extension with balustered roof terrace. The east front has a mixture of double hung sash windows with small panes and C19 casements with plain upper lights, small panes and hexagonal upper panes. On the west elevation is a partly exposed late C18 doorcase with low pitched pediment on scroll brackets with pendant mutules and contemporary 8 panelled door, all within the Cl9 segmented headed arch topped recess. The interior contains the 'low' end bay of a first floor hall of c.l400 and additional service bay over a timber framed 'undercroft'. The floor of this is supported on a spine beam with sanson posts with heavy arch bracing. The crown post roof with moulded capital and base of central crown post survives complete. To the south of this is a C17 range with re-used, soot blackened rafters and C17 panelled room on ground floor, The eastern range is also timber framed of probably the late C17 to early C18.

Listing NGR: TL6248920895

External Links

• Wikidata Q26619507

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)