Description

TL 8422-8522 COGGESHALL WEST STREET
(south side)

9/231 No. 39 (Wefan House)
31.10.66 (formerly listed as
Nos. 39 and 41
(Waldor and Glenmore),
as on the N side of
West Street)

GV II

House. Circa 1600, altered in early C19. Timber framed, plastered, roofed with
handmade and machine-made red plain tiles. 5 bays facing N with central stack,
forming a lobby-entrance, and wing to rear, forming a T-plan; C20 extension
beyond, and C19 wing to rear left. 2 storeys. Ground floor, 2 early C19
sashes of 16 lights with crown glass. First floor, 2 early C19 sashes of 4+8
lights, and one of 3+6 lights over door, with crown glass. Off-centre early C19
6-panel door, bottom panels flush, middle panels moulded, top panels glazed, in
simple doorcase with moulded flat canopy; one stone step. On the main range all
the tiles are handmade; on the right rear range handmade and machine-made tiles
are used together. Unjowled posts, primary straight bracing in walls, edge-
halved and bridled scarfs in both wallplates. 2 chamfered binding beams with
lamb's tongue stops (some missing), plain joists of vertical section. In left
ground-floor room, wood-burning hearth with chamfered jambs and depressed arch,
plastered. In right ground-floor room, wood-burning hearth with replaced mantel
beam. In left upper room, wood-burning hearth with chamfered jambs and
depressed arch, stripped of plaster, and introduced moulded timber above. In
right upper room, late C19 cast iron grate. Clasped purlin roof with arched
wind-braces, and introduced softwood. The rear wing appears to be original; one
chamfered binding beam with lamb's tongue stops, plain joists of vertical
section; rear ground-floor studding removed. Mounted on the rear wallplate of
the main range at the junction is an introduced C14/15 cross-quadrate crownpost
with altered 4-way rising braces. Some plain battened pine doors and hinges,
C18/early C19. One introduced door incorporating re-used C19 linenfold
panelling. RCHM 88.

Listing NGR: TL8470522488

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26416980

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Recommended Books

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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)