Residential properties - Plaxdale Green Road
This page lists the residential properties in Plaxdale Green Road which runs south-westerly from the Stansted War Memorial towards the A20 where it joins Labour-in-Vain road.
Please get in touch with the Society should you have further information on any of the properties listed or suggest any alterations or additions.
Court Lodge
Court Lodge and farm buildings are next to St Mary’s church and the farmland surrounds Stansted village. The Lodge building and tithe barn are 17th century and were Grade II listed in 1984. The Lodge has an 18th-century building at the front and there are 16th-century internal fixtures which are possibly from Ightham Court or the Archbishop’s Palace at Wrotham. Famous previous residents are theatre director Granville Barker (1909 to 1917) and Sir Gerald Hohler, MP (1917 to 1934).
Mingram Oast
To be completed
1 Court Lodge Cottages
To be completed
2 Court Lodge Cottages
To be completed
The White Cottage
To be completed
The Old Rectory
The Old Rectory was built in 1846 and replaced a former Rectory on the same site. Nearby, in the rectory meadow, to the right of the drive entrance from Plaxdale Green Road stood a brick and timber-framed Tithe Barn which was demolished in 1920. The Retory was used as the home of the Rector of Stansted church until 1968 when it passed into private hands. It was Grade II listed in 1984.
Stone Rocks
To be completed
Kit's House
To be completed
Holly Place
To be completed
The Old Farmhouse
To be completed
Delatour
To be completed
Lucketts
To be completed
The Old Manor
The Cottage has 16th-century origins with 18th and 19th-century alterationsand there is a catslide roof to the west. The building is situated at right angles to Plaxdale Green Road about ¾ mile from the church. The original framework is visible inside the building and was grade II listed in 1984.
Hollands Farm House
To be completed
Hilden House
To be completed
Littlefields
Thomas Duncombe Mann built “Littlefields” in around 1912 for his sister Elizabeth Mann. The original house was substantially remodelled in 2016/17.
4 Brattons Cottages
One of four houses built in 1974 replacing the original four Brattons Cottages which pre-dated 1901.
3 Brattons Cottages
One of four houses built in 1974 replacing the original four Brattons Cottages which pre-dated 1901.
2 Brattons Cottages
One of four houses built in 1974 replacing the original four Brattons Cottages which pre-dated 1901.
1 Brattons Cottages
One of four houses built in 1974 replacing the original four Brattons Cottages which pre-dated 1901.
North Down
To be completed
Ocklynge
The current house on this site was built in 2017 and replaced a bungalow originally built sometime between 1909 and 1938.
Rowanhurst
To be completed
Rosecomb
This house was created in 2021 by the conversion of one of two agricultural storage buildings.
Ancona
This house was created in 2021 by the conversion of one of two agricultural storage buildings.
Plaxdale Barn West
To be completed
Plaxdale Barn East
To be completed
2 Plaxdale Green Cottages
To be completed
1 Plaxdale Green Cottages
To be completed
Plaxdale Green Farmhouse
To be completed
Oakdale Farm
This bungalow was built sometime between 1967 and 1971.
Plaxton House
The house, originally named Bowyers Cottage, was in existence at the time of the 1841 Tithe assessment but was probably demolished to make way for the modern house on the site now. It was extensively refurbished in 2017 and its name was changed from Little Plaxton to Plaxton House.
Thriftwood
From the early 1960s camping took place at Thriftwood which was originally a smallholding and over the years this has expanded into a site for 50 touring pitches and 65 leisure homes. Yhe Manager’s house is near to the entrance barrier and was built in 2002 and replaced a previous house on the site.
Warden House
As part of the Thriftwood site a residential house for the site warden was built in 2017 and is located to the north of the Clubhouse.
3 Bank Cottages
In 1841 one dwelling (occupied bt John Water) is shown on the site of the current terrace of three houses and the location was known as Shooters Corner
2 Bank Cottages
In 1841 one dwelling (occupied bt John Water) is shown on the site of the current terrace of three houses and the location was known as Shooters Corner
1 Bank Cottages
In 1841 one dwelling (occupied bt John Water) is shown on the site of the current terrace of three houses and the location was known as Shooters Corner
Auquharney
In 1841 a house existed on this site occupied by William Vaughn. The current property is named after a listed building in Hatton, Aberdeenshire 11 miles from Inverquhomery House.