Description

SAFFRON WALDEN

TL5338 HIGH STREET
669-1/1/218 (East side)
01/11/72 No.76

GV II

Former house, now offices. Early C19 with earlier origins.
Timber-framed and rendered but with front of red Flemish bond
brickwork. Roof is gabled and of plain tiles with 2 slate
roofed lean-to extensions to rear. 2 storeys with attics and
cellars. Off-centre ridge line stack and dentilled brick
eaves. Front first floor has three 9-paned double-hung sash
windows, slightly recessed with broad frames and rubbed brick
flat arches. Ground floor has 2 similar windows but each with
12 panes, and door with rectangular fanlight and moulded
architrave. Door with 6 raised and fielded panels. 2 cement
steps. Basement light with brick arch and iron grille. Rear
elevation has a 2-storey and a single-storey slate roofed
lean-to extension and a gabled dormer. Windows are C20 but
with one 6-paned old casement in first floor of original rear
wall. INTERIOR much modernised but early C19 fire surround on
first floor, straight door set in curved architrave and some
early C19 panelled doors. Was once interconnected with No.76A
(qv) and some exposed internal timber framing probably belongs
with that structure.

Listing NGR: TL5379238234

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26501448

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Recommended Books

• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (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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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas