Description

EYE

TM1473 CHURCH STREET
585-1/7/67 (South side)
Nos.34, 36 AND 38
Gatehouse (No.34)

GV II

3 houses. Early C16, remodelled mid C19. Plastered and
colourwashed timber frame. Slate roof.
2 storeys on tarred brick plinth. 6-window range. Carriageway
to extreme right, with double C19 timber doors. Room above lit
through a 2-light casement set within recessed 4-centred
panel, with a timber apron below intended for tradesman's
nameplate. Remainder of facade with 3 panelled doors set
within timber doorcases with hoods supported on scrolled
consoles. Fenestration of ground floor alternates uniformly
between three 3-light casements and two 2-light casements, all
under hoods on label stops. Five 2-light casements to first
floor, also with hoods on label stops. Shallow-pitch gabled
roof. 2 ridge stacks and one internal gable-end stack to west.
INTERIOR: timber frame of heavy scantling, with jowled
principal posts and chamfered bridging beams. Early C16 crown
post roof truncated in mid C19 at purlin level, leaving
mortices for former arched braces.

Listing NGR: TM1474273865

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26602896

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)