Description

SP 8020 WHITCHURCH OVING ROAD
(south side)

9/224 No. 1. (Quaker Farmhouse)

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GV II

House. Late C16-C17, altered. Left bays have restored timber frame with
brick infill and rubble stone plinth. Right bays are re-cased in red
brick. Gables and rear have rubble stone to ground floor and timber
framing above, the rear with first floor jettied on beam ends. Old tile
roof, brick chimneys to gables and centre. 2 storeys and cellar, 4 bays.
Front has irregular C20 leaded casements, the right bay with one oriel
window to ground floor and 2 above. Central C20 door in gabled timber
porch. Steps down to cellar below left bay. U-plan extension to
right incorporates outbuilding dated 1786, and is of brick with some
timber framing and rubble stone. Rear, to Market Hill, has 3-light
wooden casements to ground floor and irregular leaded casements to
first floor, that in second bay old. Interior: ground floor room to
left of central chimney has moulded cross beams, moulded wooden
cornice, and heavy chamfered joists. This room also has fireplace with
moulded stone jambs and moulded wooden lintel in the form of a very
shallow 4-centred arch with carved spandrels. Fireplace in room above
also has moulded stone jambs and wooden lintel. Bays to right have
heavy plain cross beams and joists. Staircase has shaped splat balusters
to upper landing..
RCHM II p. 329 Mon.21.

Listing NGR: SP8002620936

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26597188

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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