page_title: The Brick House, Great Warley
section_title: Early residents
hierarchical_section_title: The Brick House, Great Warley / Early residents
caption_attribution_description: English: Advertisement for the sale of Bricked House (now the Kilns Hotel) Great Warley, 1841
context_page_description: The Brick House in Great Warley, Essex, is a Grade II listed building which is on the English Heritage Register. The main part of the building is a Queen Anne structure which was built in the early 18th Century but part of the house dates back to the 16th century. It is now a hotel called The Kilns Hotel.
context_section_description: The house dates back to the 16th century and appears to have been the main residence of the Hulmers Estate before the present Hulmers House (which is next door) was built in the late 18th century. The Evidence for this is a map of 1777, which shows that both buildings are called Hulmers. 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.
  At this time the owner of Hulmers was the composer John Arnold. 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.
  "Hulmers is a neat little house about half a mile north of the Church the property and residence of Mr Arnold the ingenious author of several musical treaties."
  John Arnold (1720-1792) was born in Great Warley in 1720. His father was a gentleman farmer who owned several farms in the village. 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. He continued to write throughout his life . In 1753 he married Elizabeth Sackett who was the daughter of a wealthy landowner Thomas Sackett from Hornchurch. The marriage notice in the London Evening Post read as follows.
  "A few Days since Mr. John Arnold, jun. of Great Warley in Essex, Gentleman Farmer, author of the Compleat Psalmodist and Essex Harmony, was married, at Hornchurch in the same County, to Miss Sackett of Hornchurch, a young Lady of fine accomplishments, and a good fortune."
  The couple had four children but two died at an early age leaving two surviving daughters. His wife died in 1766 and he died in 1792.
  It is unknown when the two houses were divided into separate land titles, but by about 1840 the Tithe records show that the grandchildren of John Arnold owned the present house called Hulmers and James Haws owned the house now called the Kilns Hotel.
  James Haws (1779-1840) was from a wealthy Great Warley family. His father had died in 1818 leaving him a large amount of property. In 1808 he married Elizabeth Cooper. He died in 1840 and the house was advertised for sale in 1841. At this time the property was called “Bricked House”. It was later called Brick House. The advertisement is shown.
caption: Advertisement for the sale of Bricked House (now the Kilns Hotel) in 1841
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