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Stondon Place
Grade 2 listed building - English Heritage Building ID: 373806
House. 1706, rebuilt after a fire of 1877, reputedly with the
old material. For Richard How. Red brick, Flemish bond,
peg-tile roof. L-plan.
2 storeys. S front to garden has 2 outer semicircular brick
bays and plain central section between.
Stondon Place was the home of the famous musician, William Byrd between 1593 and his death in 1623. He lived in a house on the site which was replaced in 1706. Byrd was a recusant and was buried in Stondon Massey church nearby.
The Georgian house became the second manor house of Stondon Massey after Stondon Hall became a farmhouse and remained as such until 1861.
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