The Gatehouse website record for High Roothing New Hall

In the civil parish of High Roothing. In the historic county of Essex (Modern Authority of Essex, 1974 county of Essex).

Moat remains and is 70m square with an average width of 7.0m. A manorial complex was probably established here bt Sir Thomas Josselyn soon after 1544. The complex consisted of a large brick-lined moat, a house of E-plan with two storey porch and a court-hall. RCHM recorded part of the house, chapel and gatehouse in 1914, (according to DOE, the original record card is more informative than the Inventory) but the remaining part was destroyed by enemy action in 1943). A C16 barn with one aisle survives, 60m SW of the moat. The barn has brick nogging on those elevations which would be seen from the south and south east. The roof has plain crown posts. The manor was described as Newhall-Jocelyn in the inquisition post mortem of Sir Thomas Josselyn of 1562, and the house is named as such in John Norden's county map of 1594. It seems that Sir Thomas Josselyn established a new manorial site there, in preference to the older site near the parish church. The site is not listed but the listing for the Barn records details of the manor site. Not fortified and included because has been confused with New Hall, Boreham (Beaulieu Palace) which was issued an licence to crenellate.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TL58041625

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 372896
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 4332 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.

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