Description

SAFFRON WALDEN

TL54SE LITTLE WALDEN
669-1/6/371 The Cottage, Ravenstock Farm
01/11/72
(Formerly Listed as:
LITTLE WALDEN
Cottage to the N of Ravenstock
farmhouse)

II

House. Early C16 with wing added in 1969. Timber-framed,
rendered, C20 red tiled roof, red brick stacks (restored).
Plan L shaped, old range and shorter addition but both look
similar. 2 storeys. Front SW elevation: all features C20,
windows of 1, 2 and 3 light casements, 2 window range, central
door, stack on gable end to SE. To NW, gable end of early C16
range, blank with central stack. Rear NE elevation: similar to
front. Old block projects at NW end with ground floor slated
lean-to, boarded door and 2x2 paned casement window. To SE,
C20 block, 2 ground floor and one first floor windows. SE
elevation: gable end of C20 block, central stack, ground floor
`stable' door and window. To NE, to rear and set back, C16
block with single ground and first floor windows. NW
elevation: C16 block in house style, 1 ground and 2 first
floor windows, lean-to at NE end. Ridge stacks at NE and SW
ends.
INTERIOR: framing of old range exposed with external tension
braces, step stopped chamfers, 2 window shutter grooves on
each floor. Central truss has studding continuing from
tie-beam to collar of side purlin roof. Stack at NE end has
some C17 brickwork. Timber lintelled fireplace with doorway to
site of bread oven, blocked brick arched fireplace on first
floor.

Listing NGR: TL5510942374

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26490656

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Recommended Books

• 
  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
• 
  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
• 
  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
• 
  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)