Castle Hedingham houses [49]
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Castle Hedingham houses [49]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 12 Sep 2020
Dower House, number 23 Bayley Street was built as an open hall house with two gabled crosswings. Constructed in the 15th century, or possibly earlier. The hall is one storey and attics, the crosswings are two storeys as is the 19th century extension to the right. Timber framed and stuccoed with pargetting, the first floor of the crosswings tile hung. There are some early internal features. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1233896 Castle Hedingham is a small village in Essex about 15 miles north west of Colchester. The village developed around the Norman castle and is home to a large number of timber framed medieval buildings. The village’s railway station which was opened in 1867, closed in 1964 and was dismantled and rebuilt in 1974 on a new site to the north west of the village by the Colne Valley Railway Preservation Society.
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