Description

TL 6221 GREAT DUNMOW HIGH STREET (W.side)
8/47 Staceys, No. 34
30.6.83
GV II

House now shop. Mid C15 and later and 2 storeys with 2 parallel ranges, with
gabled peg tile roof. Timber framed and rendered with front of 2 linked gables.
Each has a single double hung sash window with glazing bars over, 2 C20 shop
windows. Central C18 open pedimentedtimber doorcase with console brackets and
central vase motif. Original 6 panel door and iron step handrails. Some old
c.i. leaded light casements and C19 timber casements. N end wall is of red
brick in English garden wall bond. C20, 2 storey rear extension in
weatherboarding with gabled slate roof. Red brick stack in roof of later range.
The southern gabled part is a former C15 house, or public building, of 3 bays,
with large chambers on both floors of front 2 bays with the rear bay perhaps
partially open for the full height. Heavy and elaborately moulded frame,
sharply raking main tie beam and crownpost roof with large arch braces to the
purlin and in side walls. Roof was formerly hipped with a gablet at the rear.
Many'high status' features. The N block is a C17 extension and is floored
throughout. Cast iron mid C19 yard pump at rear.

Listing NGR: TL6279721833

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