Housham Tye
| Housham Tye | |
| Essex | |
|---|---|
 Approaching Housham Tye | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TL509108 |
| Location: | 51°46’30"N, -0°11’14"E |
| Data | |
| Postcode: | CM17 |
| Dialling code: | 01279 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Epping Forest |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Brentwood and Ongar |
Housham Tye is a hamlet near Matching Tye in eastern Essex, all within the parish of Matching.
The hamlet is a mile south-west from Matching village and its parish church, St Mary's, and just 650 yards south-west of Matching Tye, from which it is separated by the woodland of Matching Park.
Conjoined to Housham Tye is the hamlet of Carter's Green.
The M11 motorway is one mile to the west, across which is the swollen new town of Harlow.
History
A Tye is an area of outlying roadside common land or green, alternatively a settlement surrounding common land or green.[1][2]
From the 17th century Housham Tye had been part of the demesne of the estate of Housham Hall, the Hall being a mile to the north and separated from its Housham Tye land. Under a 1921 purchase of the lordship of the manor, Housham Hall (today Housham Hall Farm) demesne split from the Hall, freeing land at Housham Tye.[1]
There are seven Grade II listed buildings at Housham Tye:
- 'The Manor', at the west, a timber framed and plastered two storey house dating to the 17th century;[3]
- 'Tadgells' (formerly 'Taggles'), at the east, a four-bay timber framed and plastered two storey hall house with four dormer windows, dating to the 15th century.[4] A house on the site was recorded in 1327, and was named after a John Tagel.[1] To the south of the house is the remains of a 36m x 30m rectangular moat, scheduled as an ancient monument.[5] A raised platform within the moated area could indicate the position of the pre 15th-century house.[6]
- 'The Homestead', a three-bay house similar to 'Tadgells', but without dormers, dating to the early 17th century, when it was recorded as single storey;[7]
- 'Rose Cottage', converted from two cottages, and timber framed, plastered and tile-roofed, dating to the early 19th century;[8]
- 'Pond Cottage', of three bays and timber framed, weatherboarded and thatched, dating to the 16th century.[9][10]
- 'Willow Cottage', timber framed and rendered tile-roofed 'T' plan cottage, c.1800[11]
- 'Matching Mill, at the northwest of the hamlet, the redeveloped base of a 19th-century post mill which was converted from a windmill to a smithy in 1881.[12]
Permission has been sought and given for a lake an 1 acre broad to be created on a residential estate in Housham Tye.[13]
See also
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Matching": A History of the County of Essex - Volume 8 : {{{2}}} (Victoria County History)
- ↑ "Matching Tye Conservation Area", Epping Forest District Council
- ↑ National Heritage List 1166296: The Manor
- ↑ National Heritage List 1123911: Tadgells
- ↑ National Heritage List 1017003: Moated site known as Tadgells, south west of The Cottage
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 373290 – Tadgells
- ↑ National Heritage List 1123922: The Homestead
- ↑ National Heritage List 1166299: Rose Cottage
- ↑ National Heritage List 1337575: Pond Cottage
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 514488 – Pond Cottage
- ↑ National Heritage List 118135: Willow Cottage
- ↑ National Heritage List 1337572: Matching Mill
- ↑ "Housham Tye Lake and earth bunds", Open Spaces. Retrieved 25 January 2018