Description

SAFFRON WALDEN

TL54SE BUTLERS LANE
669-1/6/44 Oakfield Cottage at Butlers Farm
01/11/72
(Formerly Listed as:
ASHDON ROAD
Oakfield Cottage at Butlers Farm)

II

House. C17. Timber-framed and plastered, shingled roof, red
brick stack off centre to S. T-plan of old range with rear C20
long central right-angled addition in brick with shingled
mansard roof. One and a half storeys. All windows are C20 and
almost all are casements with glazing bars or imitations.
Front W elevation: ground floor, central fully glazed door, N
end, `stable' type 2 leaf-door with upper light. Between
doors, one 2-light and 1 single light window, S of centre 1
double casement. Off centre, to N, gabled dormer window,
2-light casement. Projecting horns of dormer walls show it to
be an old addition. S end elevation: W end, C17 gable,
rafters, collar plates and purlins reduced, clasping recesses
evident. Ground floor, fixed diamond lattice window, upper
2-light casement under collar. To E, large C20 range with
fully glazed door, French window with side lights, one single,
one 3-light window, garage at E end. Also 3 dormer windows
with swept roofs, two 3-light 1 single light. Stack towards E
end. N end elevation: to W gable end, original C17 wall plates
evident. Ground floor, broad 2-light window and upper 2-light
window within gable. To E, C20 wing has one fully glazed
French window and fully glazed door at E end, also one 3-light
and one 2-light window and two 2-light dormers as rest. E end
elevation: blank, except for round attic window. W wall of old
block has one 2-light window.
INTERIOR: old block much altered but slender primary braced
walling and slender ceiling joists.

Listing NGR: TL5634040209

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26500066

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  For the Record
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair