Description

SAFFRON WALDEN

TL5438 CHATERS HILL
669-1/2/93 (East side)
01/11/72 No.3
Grove Lodge

GV II

House. Mid C19, probably 1848. Red brick, slate roof.
Rectangular plan of 2 parallel ranges, broader one to front. 2
storeys and cellar. Front W elevation: central 2 window gabled
range breaks forward slightly, single window wing each side,
(1:2:1), brickwork tuck pointed over ruddled base, gauged
brick flat voussoirs. All windows sashes, ground floor 3x4
panes plus margin lights, first floor 3x3 panes plus margin
lights. Doorway, second bay from S has cornice hood and
moulded architrave, plain frieze, over-light, door of 4
recessed moulded panels. Cellar window now blocked, grille
remains. Gable barge-boards slightly returned at base,
resembling a broken pediment. 4 stacks seen behind roof ridge.
Rear E elevation: similar form to front but 6 window range,
(2:2:2), segment headed sashes with glazing bars, centre and N
wing 3x4 panes, S wing considerably rebuilt (after dereliction
in early 1960s) now has similar window but 3x3 panes. Also a
previous ground floor doorway (bay 2 from S) now blocked. Rear
house doorway in central unit, segment headed with C20 plain
door, 2 glazed panels. 4 stacks behind rear roof ridge with
C19 buff tapered square chimney pots. S end elevation: 2
gabled units, lesser to rear, barge-boards shaped as broken
pediments as on front. Single segment headed C19 sash window
in rear unit ground floor. N end elevation: plain except for
blind window recess in front unit ground floor, similar
barge-boards as S end.
INTERIOR: rebuilt in 1960s. Date of house said to be given by
plaque in S garden wall, J.S. (Jane Shaul) 1848.

Listing NGR: TL5431138542

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26490693

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