Description

BRENTWOOD

TQ69SW SHENFIELD ROAD, Shenfield 723-1/9/278 (North West side) 20/02/76 No.51 (Formerly Listed as: SHENFIELD ROAD, Shenfield No.51 White Cottage)

GV II

House. Early C19, extended in C20. Timber-framed, plastered, roofed with slate. Rectangular plan facing SE, with one stack in right elevation and 2 in left elevation. Early/mid-C19 2-storey lean-to to right, and single-storey lean-to to rear of it. Early/mid-C19 2-storey wing to rear, connecting with single-storey range angled to right, and C20 conservatory beyond. C20 2-storey wing to rear right. C20 external stack to rear left. 2 storeys. 2 original sashes of 6+6 lights with moulded architraves on ground floor, and 3 on first floor, symmetrically arranged. Central C20 glazed door and fanlight with radial tracery, plaster pilasters and concentric stepped semicircular arches; one stone step. Plaster band at first-floor level, and corner pilasters. Hipped roof. The right lean-to has one similar sash on each floor in the front elevation, and in the right elevation a blocked doorway with semicircular pilasters, capitals, frieze with Greek key design, and dentilled and moulded cornice; bases of pilasters missing. The left stacks are truncated at eaves level, and a C20 casement has been inserted between them on the ground floor. To rear left, on the ground floor, is one mid-C19 sash with marginal lights. In the left elevation of the rear wing is one original sash of 8+4 lights, the upper sash supported when open by 2 hinged arms. The angled wing beyond it is partly weatherboarded, partly of red brick in Flemish bond, roofed with slate, part of a former stable range. INTERIOR: in the entrance-hall is a semi-elliptical arch with panelled pilasters. In the ground-floor room to right is a doorway with semi-elliptical arch to the former entrance lobby at right.

Listing NGR: TQ6026494386

External Links

• Wikidata Q26491727

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Recommended Books

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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover