Description

KELVEDON

TL 82 SW

2/133 Wood house Farmhouse 18.5.87

GV II

House. Early C17, altered in C18 and C19. Timber framed, plastered with some weatherboarding, roofed with handmade red plain tiles. T-plan comprising 3-bay range facing SW with early C19 axial stack between left and middle bays, and one-bay original rear wing with internal stack at end. C18 extension in left rear angle. 2 storeys. One-bay wing beyond rear stack, of one storey with attics, date uncertain. Ground floor, 2 mid-C19 sashes of 16 lights with crown glass. First floor, 3 late C19 casements. Off-centre 6-panel door with simple canopy on brackets, with 3 cement-rendered brick steps. The rear bay has a gambrel roof. The right return of the main range has on the ground floor one mid-CL9 sash of 12 lights with crown glass, in the rear elevation a 6-panel door, the top 2 panels glazed, and the right return of the rear bay has a C19 casement and a 5-panel door, the top panel glazed. The left return of the main range has on the ground floor one mid-C19 sash of 12 lights with crown glass, shaped sprockets below the eaves of the C18 extension, and a 4-panel door in the rear bay. The rear elevation of the rear bay is weatherboarded, with one C20 casement. The main range has jowled posts, close studding mainly plastered over, but visible where enclosed by the C18 extension, a chamfered binding beam with lamb's tongue stops, joists plastered to the soffits, and a C19 cast iron cooking range in an early C19 fire surround. The rear wing has a large wood-burning hearth facing to rear, reduced for a C20 grate. 2 staircases. In the rear bay is a chamfered beam with roll stops. Moated site. RCHM 3.

Listing NGR: TL8261620596

External Links

• Wikidata Q26416932

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