Description

TQ 49 SW CHIGWELL HIGH ROAD
WEST SIDE

4/7 Christies

GV II

Pair of attached houses, C18, combined. Timber framed, plastered, roofed with
handmade red clay tiles. 2 parallel ranges aligned approx. N-S, aspect E, the
rear range narrower. 2 axial chimney stacks in each range. 2 storeys. Ground
floor, 6-panel door in simple doorcase with shallow hood on carved brackets,
6 double-hung sash windows of 12 lights (one window larger than the others)
and one of 8 lights. First floor, 6 double-hung sash windows of 12 lights and
one of 8 lights. Chimney stacks cement rendered or plastered. Against rear
wall, 2 lead pumps in wooden cases, C18. In both, the front of the tank is
exposed and ornamented. One has 5 rosettes and a reeded spout. The other has
embossed: W and a plain spout. The initials and date probably record a
M T
1762
marriage (W for the surname) and the construction of the house. The other pump
would have served the second house. As artefacts these are rare survivals,
and together and in context with a pair of houses they are particularly
significant.

Listing NGR: TQ4425794088

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26458840

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Recommended Books

• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
• 
  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
• 
  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)