Description

This List entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 22/05/2017

TL5338,
669-1/1/103

SAFFRON WALDEN,
CHURCH STREET (South side),
No.17

(Formerly listed as located at 17 Castle Street)

01/11/72

GV

II

Large house. Early C19 with C20 conversion for office use. Red
brick now painted, slate roof. L shaped plan. 3 storeys.
Front N elevation: 3 recessed arcaded bays, broad pilasters
have stuccoed imposts, also stuccoed window sills and reveals,
first and second floor windows, sashes with glazing bars, 4x4
panes, roof hipped, deep eaves, with bead moulded panelled
soffit. Brickwork seen to be tuck pointed under later
painting. Ground floor elements all C20, central twin doorways
with semicircular overlights, doors of 4 panels, upper 2
glazed. Outer bays similar, shop windows each of 3 fully
glazed wooden arched lights, one containing a fully glazed
door. Plinth has a cellar vent. W end elevation: house block
has later lower gabled rear unit on ground falling to S. Brick
with rough cast rendering, deep eave continues from street,
one ground floor C20 window, tripartite casement with glazing
bars, 1x3,3x3,1x3 panes, first floor C20 sash window 4x3
panes. Segmental arched cellar light, now with glass bricks.
Rear unit, ground floor, C20 door with upper glazing 2x3
panes, tripartite sash window 1x3,3x3,1x3 panes. First floor,
one 3-light casement window with glazing bars, 6x3 panes and
one 2-light 4x3 panes. E end elevation: street block similar
to W end but only feature ground floor C20 sash window 4x3
panes. Brickwork seen to have scored pointing under paint.
Rear unit obscured by high wall.
INTERIOR: altered in C20.

Listing NGR: TL5363738650

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26500903

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
• 
  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
• 
  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings