Description

SAFFRON WALDEN

TL5338 MUSEUM YARD
669-1/1/306 Nos.1 AND 2
01/11/72

GV II

2 houses. c1800. Timber-framed and plastered, slate roof, red
brick stack. Z shaped plan of principal range and 2 later
additions. 2 storeys and cellars. Front S elevation: shared
central stack and stack at E gable end. No.1 (W), all features
C20, 2 window range, casements with glazing bars, ground and
first floor, one 2-light 4x3 panes, one 6-light 6x3 panes.
Central doorway, door has upper 2x3 paned glazing. Cellar
light. No.2 has original plastering with traces of ashlar
lining. 2 window range, windows have original moulded
architraves and early C20 casements, all 4x3 panes. Ground
floor, E end, front door site covered by C20 single storey
brick extension to S. Monopitch slate roof, plain door with
upper light, window of 3 casements, glazing bars, 6x3 panes.
Rear N elevation: construction dictated by house abutting the
earthen bailey bank of Saffron Walden Castle (qv). Solid wall
of fling cobble and erratics, capped by brickwork, to W end,
C19 single storeyed lean-to, slated roof with skylight. 3 C20
casement windows, one 2 light. E end elevation: C19 red brick
partly buried in earth bank, timber gable triangle, plastered
stack at SE corner.

Listing NGR: TL5378738689

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26276081

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record