Description

SAFFRON WALDEN

TL5338 HIGH STREET
669-1/1/183 (East side)
28/11/51 No.10
The Saffron Hotel (part)
(Formerly Listed as:
HIGH STREET
No.10
The Saffron Hotel incl. buildings in
Courtyard at rear)

GV II

Hotel. c1500 and early C19. Timber-framed and rendered with
concrete plain tile roof rising to large hipped roof to rear.
2 storeys with attics and cellars. One C20 flat roofed dormer
and 2 rendered stacks through front roof slope, slate on part
of roof at rear. Front elevation: has plain parapet with
applied C20 lettering and painted timer moulded cornice. The
main part of facade had 2 canted bay windows rising full
height with cornice carried round tops. Small paned
double-hung sash windows and panelled corner pilasters.
Central pedimented Doric doorcase with 6 panelled door and
rectangular fanlight of 6 semicircles and curved triangles at
intersections. One cellar grille. To the S is a recessed part
of facade with, on the first floor, a 15 paned double-hung
sash window and a square double-hung sash with central
vertical glazing bar. Ground floor has large carriage opening
to yard with iron spandrel brackets. Pedestrian opening at
side and floor joists exposed over. Rear range with red
Flemish bond brickwork.
INTERIOR: entrance hall has c1500 spine beam and clamps with
moulding and leaf decoration. Cupboard in rear wall with
decorative glass panes and Greek frett decoration. Some early
C19 cornices and doors in upper rooms. Early C19 staircase
with stick balusters.

Listing NGR: TL5366838546

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26893144

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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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