The Brick House, Great Warley

The Brick House in Great Warley, Essex, is a Grade II listed building which is on the English Heritage Register.

In the map it appears that the upper building may have been built recently, as it has not yet been surrounded by a garden.

However the lower house (which is the Kilns Hotel) has an established garden and appears to be the main residence.

[3] A New and Complete History of Essex which was published in 1770 and therefore before the current Hulmers House was built describes the property as follows.

The Arnold family had been living in Great Warley for many years and records show he, his father and his grandfather are all buried in the old churchyard.

John was a musical prodigy and by the time he was nineteen he had written his first book of psalms, which was published in 1739.

The house continued to be a rented to different tenants until 1898, when it was bought by Harriett Tiddeman, a recent widow who moved there with her five unmarried daughters Rosamund, Alice, Elfrieda, Lilian and Norah., referred to as “the misses Tiddeman” and were frequently mentioned in the newspapers as being involved with theatrical productions in the village.

She was recorded as living at Brick House in the electoral roll of 1965, but moved shortly after that date.