Description

SAFFRON WALDEN

TL5338 LONDON ROAD 669-1/1/261 (South East side) 01/11/72 No.3 Linden Lodge and garden wall (Formerly Listed as: LONDON ROAD No.3 Linden Lodge)

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House. Early C19, extended c1860 and early C20. Red brick in Flemish bond with burnt headers, stone dressings. Hipped slate roof with central well. Side ridge stacks with canted ends. Front range of 2 storeys, 3 bays; 3 storey range to right side, canted single storey extension to rear. Mid C19 glazed timber conservatory attached to left side. Projecting early C20 single storey porch. Projecting single storey service wing to right side. Front bays 1 and 3 recessed between stone pilasters, moulded cornice, wedge lintels. 12 pane sashes except later French doors above porch. Porch with dentilled brick cornice, panelled door with radial fanlight under segmental gauged brick arch, flanking single-light windows. Left side: right bay recessed between stone pilasters with single storey canted bay-window, central door with fanlight under gauged white brick segmental arch, 4-pane sashes, French doors above: to left, later 2 storey canted bay window, rendered with moulded architraves, 2-pane sashes. Conservatory has stained glass panels. Right side: left bay recessed between pilasters as before; various sash window, some having stone wedge lintels with keyblocks. INTERIOR: stair with stick balusters, mahogany handrail, carved tread-ends, later newel. Good mid C19 fireplaces to first floor front rooms. BOUNDARY WALL to London Road: red brick with stone coping, 2 pairs of octagonal piers with stepped stone caps and stone plinth band. Railings missing. 2 pairs C20 gates.

Listing NGR: TL5373738027

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5