Description

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HIGH STREET
1.
385
(North West Side)
BRAINTREE
No 117
(College House)
TL 7522 1/221
II GV.
2.
An early C19 brick house now faced in pebbledash. 2 storeys, 4 window range,
double-hung sashes with margin glazing bars, in stucco arcitraves, with cornices.
The ground storey windows have cornices on console brackets. A 6-panel door
has a wood doorcase with panelled reveals, architrave, engaged columns and a
cornice. The ground storey has a small C20 shop front as the north end.

Nos 101 to 107 (odd) and Nos 113 to 117 (odd) form a group.

The description should be ammended to read:-
Late C16 house having earlier origins and timber framed. The front elevation dates
from the Regency, and is rough cast, with a re-topped (C1700) red brick chimney
stack of the mid C15.

There are sooted rafters re-used in the roof, from a pre 1450 build, part of which
may remain at the ground floor level. The mid C15 chimney originally served 3 floors
with 6 flues and there are a number of original fireplaces. The door is set in
front of the chimney and has ½ round columns, an architrave all of softwood. A
pair of Regency, small-paned margin barred sashes to L and R, and a C19 shop
window to the N (R). First storey has a range of 4 Regency sashes in stucco
architraves with margin glazing bars. Roof ridged, gabled and peg-tiled with eaves.

The plan is complex with 4 wings from the rear to the W, all C16, mid C17 and C19
extensions, and stairs tower surviving behind the chimney stack. The timber frame
is heavy of 4 bays and has haunched-tenons and halved scarfs with faced, bridled
abutments. The chimney bay was at some date raised, when strange re-framing of
the storey posts and principal rafters was effected. A good C1830 stairs with
mahogony rail and brecketted treads occupies the stair tower. There is an extensive
early C16 brick cellar.
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HIGH STREET
1.
885
(North West Side)
BRAINTREE
No 117
(College House)
TL 7522 1/221
II GV
2.
An early C19 brick house now faced in pebbledash. 2 storeys, 4 window range,
double-hung sashes with margin glazing bars, in stucco architraves, with cornices.
The ground storey windows have cornices on console brackets. A 6-panel door
has a wood doorcase with panelled reveals, architrave, engaged columns and
a cornic. The ground storey has a small C2O shop front at the north end.
Roof tiled.

Nos 101 to 107 (odd) and Nos 113 to 117 (odd) form a group.

Listing NGR: TL7549122898

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26415654

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback