Description

SAFFRON WALDEN

TL5338 HIGH STREET
669-1/1/186 (East side)
01/11/72 No.16
Cambridge House

GV II

Registry office. Early C19 with earlier origins. Painted
Flemish bond brickwork with slate hipped roof. 2 storeys with
multiple rubble lined cellars. Front to High Street has 5 full
height pilaster strips and moulded frieze. First floor has
four 12 paned double-hung sash windows with stone sills and
rendered arches. Ground floor similar but with doorcase with
reeded pilasters, flat moulded hood and frieze with recessed
panel. 2 cement steps and door of 6 panels, top 2 glazed.
Tarred plinth with 3 segmental arched cellar lights, one with
grille. Corner to Church Street has quadrant curve. Church
Street flank has 3 broad piers and two 12 pane double-hung
sashes over one similar window and blind recess. S flank is
rendered with C20 windows and one red brick stack.
INTERIOR: remnants of late C14 house with one service door
head of ogee profile with 2 quatrefoils in spandrels. Much C17
style panelling and Marriage Room has simple early C19
panelling, dado and cornice. Rear door (now enclosed) has
moulded architrave with cornice and `attic' with recessed
panel over.

Listing NGR: TL5369438508

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26501254

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  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)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)