High Roothing New Hall (The Gatehouse Record)

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as;
Newhall-Jocelyn

In the civil parish of High Roothing.
In the historic county of Essex.
Modern Authority of Essex.
1974 county of Essex.
Medieval County of Essex.

OS Map Grid Reference: TL58041625
Latitude 51.82244° Longitude 0.29164°

High Roothing New Hall has been described as a Fortified Manor House although is doubtful that it was such.

There are earthwork remains.

This is a Grade 2* listed building protected by law*.

Description

Moat remains and is 70m square with an average width of 7.0m. A manorial complex was probably established here by 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. (Listing report –The site is not listed but the listing for the Barn records details of the manor site.)

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Heritage List for England Listed Building number(s) 1328813
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 372896.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) 4332.

Books
- RCHME, 1921, An inventory of the historical monuments in Essex Vol. 2 (central and south-west) p. 135 no. 6 online transcription

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