Southchurch Hall
The manorial complex at Southchurch Hall as it may have looked around 1400. This painting has been prepared using a combination of excavated, cartographic and documentary evidence. In the background is the moated enclosure with the main residential building. The hall and the moat still survive in Southchurch Hall Park, Southend, along with the excavated foundations of the gatehouses and associated buildings at the edge of the moat.

A wide range of agricultural buildings built around two courtyards can be seen to the right of the picture, dominated by the Great Barn. Documentary sources indicate which of the buildings were roofed with tile and which with thatch. In the background sheep can be seen grazing the extensive marsh pastures which formed an important part of the manor's economy. In the foreground one of the manor's large arable fields can be seen cultivated in strips, adjacent to the manor's outer gate. The location of the gatehouse is suggested by a small building shown on a map of the 1840's and the building depicted is based on a gatehouse from Moat House, North Shoebury.