Description

GREAT GADDESDEN CLEMENTS END ROAD
TL 01 SW
(West side)
Ballingdon Bottom

3/73 Ballingdon Cottage
26.1.67

GV II

House. Late C15/early C16 open hall house, house heightened to 2 storeys
and floors inserted in C17 when internal chimney built in hall and N bay
added (or completely rebuilt), interior renovated c.1950s. Timber frame
on low brick sill, red brick infill, chimneys, and casing to ground
floor at rear, steep old red tile roof. A 2-storeys house facing W now
of 4 structural bays with large internal chimney rising to rear of
ridge, and later external gable chimneys serving ground floor fireplaces
at each end. Flush wooden casement windows renewed, and battened door to
small gabled porch near middle of front. The middle 2 bays were the
former hall and this and the S service bay were open to the roof. The
former cross-passage ran through the S end of the hall and was
maintained when the fireplace was built backing onto it with a staircase
behind. Mortices on axial beam in S bay show line of former partition.
Clasped-purlin roof with curved wind-braces. (RCHM Typescript).

Listing NGR: TL0387113993

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26394474

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Recommended Books

• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas