Dukes House, Roxwell
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Dukes House, Roxwell
Image: © Bikeboy Taken: 11 Aug 2015
A manor house on this site is recorded in The Domesday Book. This house was built in C16 but added to in 1666. There is a wooden pannel over the door inscribed "1666 T.A.C" (T.A.C.-Thomas Arthur Crush for whom the house was modified). See http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-426697-dukes-house-roxwell-essex#.VctJBvlViko for Entry in British Listed Buildings. There is an unsubstantiated story that builders on the roof in 1666 could see the Great Fire of London.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.753399
Longitude
0.380795