Description

SAFFRON WALDEN

TL5338 HIGH STREET
669-1/1/205 (East side)
01/11/72 Nos.56, 58 AND 60
Goddards Electrical
(Formerly Listed as:
HIGH STREET
Nos.56-60 (Even))

GV II

Former houses, now shop. Late C16. Timber-framed and rendered
with C20 pargetted panels. Gabled slate roof with stack on S
gable end. 2 storeys but with asymmetrical roof at S end over
part attic. Elevation: the first floor has 6 double-hung sash
windows with moulded surrounds: 3 with 6 panes and 3 with 9
panes. Ground floor has 3 C20 plate glass shopfronts, each
with a recessed entrance, and one 12 paned double-hung sash
window as others. Lean-to roof of slate on S part of rear of
red Flemish bond brickwork with blue headers and mixture of
windows. C20 extension on rear of N end. Late C16
timber-framed former house with some jowled posts and curved
windbracing exposed on upper floor.

Listing NGR: TL5376238341

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26569545

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)