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Site of Waltham Hall is a scheduled ancient monument in Essex, England, representing the remains of a significant medieval or early post-medieval residential structure. The site preserves archaeological evidence of a hall complex that formed part of the settlement pattern and landholding history of the Waltham area. The monument is protected for its potential to yield information about domestic architecture, settlement organisation, and the economy of its period through archaeological investigation. The precise dating and original extent of the hall structures require archaeological evidence, and the site's designation reflects its importance as a non-designated heritage asset of regional significance within Essex's medieval landscape.
Site of Waltham Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002161. View the official record →
Site of Waltham Hall is a scheduled ancient monument in Essex, England, representing the remains of a significant medieval or early post-medieval residential structure.
Site of Waltham Hall is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1002161.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Warish Hall moated site and remains of Takeley Priory (2.2 km), Portingbury Hills (5.2 km), Warren in Collins Coppice, Hatfield Forest (5.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Site of Waltham Hall's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Site of Waltham Hall stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.