Description

SAFFRON WALDEN

TL5338 HIGH STREET 669-1/1/211 (West side) 28/11/51 No.67 and garden walls (Formerly Listed as: HIGH STREET No.67)

GV II

Former house, now offices. C16, C18 and early C19. Timber-framed, part rendered, part stuccoed brickwork. Low pitched hipped plain tile roof over front range and 3 gabled plain tile roofed ranges at right angles to rear. 2 storeys with cellars. Front elevation: stuccoed front has central pediment and centre breaks forward slightly with 2 overlaid recessed panels. The first floor has 3 double-hung sash windows with small panes and margin glazing. The ground floor has 2 similar windows and central doorcase with pediment, enriched Doric pilasters, panelled reveals and frieze of 2 sunflowers and 2 unidentifiable decorative motifs. Remade wrought-iron handrails with bootscrapers. C20 door and 4 painted steps. Eaves have wide spaced dentils. 2 wrought-iron shaped grilles over cellar lights. Rear elevation shows 2 stacks and 2 of the gables are linked and have cladding of English-bond red brickwork. Above tie-beam level on one is cladding of stretcher-bond red brickwork. Glazed rear lean-to extension on rear. S flank is ashlared with a pair of linked plain double-hung sashes and a C19 12 paned window. High brick GARDEN WALLS to rear, one with stone plaque with Roman lettering `Meeting Trustees'. INTERIOR: the rear part of the S wing is a cross-wing of the mid to late C16 with its framing exposed on first floor. This has jowled posts and internal cranked wind braces. A door in this room of C17 has cockspur hinges. The entrance hall has C17 panelling up to dado rail. Large rooms on ground and first floor at N end, each have fireplaces of mid C18 with eared surrounds and panelled overmantels framed by Doric pilasters. Windows to front elevation have canted panelled reveals. Wall of exposed timber framing on N flanking ground floor. Ground floor N room has early C19 marble fireplace and corner cupboard/niche with semi-domed head and shaped shelves. Staircase has column balusters and newels with acorn finials. In cellar the main stack has recess for storage shelves and there are 2 shallow arch-vaulted recesses. Numerous minor C18 and early C19 interior features.

Listing NGR: TL5374238283

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)