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Cressing Temple
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<p>Cressing Temple is a medieval site situated between <a href="/facts/Witham/MNqEwLKd">Witham</a> and <a href="/facts/Braintree%2c_Essex/wjtz38aY">Braintree</a> in <a href="/facts/Essex/cuUqAlzH">Essex</a>, close to the villages of <a href="/facts/Cressing/EK9Llp21">Cressing</a> and <a href="/facts/White_Notley/4QeDmhoa">White Notley</a>. It was amongst the very earliest and largest of the possessions of the <a href="/facts/Knights_Templar/1IEETuMg">Knights Templar</a> in England, and is currently open to the public as a visitor attraction. </p><p>The site has protection as an <a href="/facts/Ancient_monument/np4mrBWf">ancient monument</a>. The Knights Templar built two barns which are preserved as <a href="/facts/Listed_building/PPx6CnfU">Grade I listed</a> buildings; one of these medieval barns is claimed to be the oldest standing <a href="/facts/Timber_framing/XN7NyKbo">timber-framed</a> barn in the world. </p>