More information : [TL 9098 1126] Beckingham Hall [T.I.] Moat [G.T.] (1) Beckingham Hall, house, gatehouse, walls and moat, 200 yards N.E. of Tolleshunt Major church. The house is of two storeys, partly of brick and partly of plastered timber-framing; the roofs are tiled. It was built c.1546, the date on a panel (now at the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington). Early in the 17th-century a wing was added on the W. side and there are modern additions on the S. and N. The fact that the house is unimportant in comparison to the gatehouse and walls implies either the former existence of a much larger building or at any rate the intention to erect such a building. The Hall is grade 2 8/181 The Gatehouse W. of the house is of c.1546 and forms the central feature of the boundary wall of a large courtyard, 130 ft. by 120 ft., with the house adjoining the S.E. angle. Grade 2 8/182 At the N.W. angle of the boundary wall of the great courtyard is a circular hollow turret. At the S.W. angle is a plain circular turret forming with a similar turret further S. a pair flanking an outer gateway; the gateway arch has been removed. Near the middle of the N. and S. sides of the main courtyard are the bases of two more turrets. Grade 2 8/183 The Moat probably surrounded the house but only the E. arm remains. Condition - of house, good; of gatehouse and walls, poor. (2-3) Beckingham Hall, gatehouse and enclosure wall, including turrets. Scheduled as an Ancient Monument. (4) "Beckingham Hall" (name confirmed). House, enclosure walls with gatehouse and turrets are as described above, and are in good condition. The house itself is of little intrest (No G.P. taken). See G.P.s AO/57/91/5-7, of walls and gatehouse. (5)
Beckingham Hall listed Grade II. Gatehouse II* c. 1543-6. (6)
Beckington Hall listed as moated site. (7)
Additional reference. (8)
Scheduled listing. (9) |