Description

OFFLEY KINGS WALDEN ROAD TL 1426 (East side) Great Offley

13/103 Offley Hoo and - stable adjoining on W

GV II

House and stable. Circa 1700, C18 brick casing to stable, rear block and upper floor of kitchen wing mid C19. Red brick, house roughcast at front, stable timber frame, showing only in W gable. Steep roofs, red tile to house, slates to stable. A 2 storeys and attics house facing S, with rear kitchen wing at NE and central staircase between hall and parlour in the front range. Attic stair in wing. Taller C19 block in rear angle with 2 gables, one with corner fireplace probably Farm Office. S front has plat band, 3 gabled dormers on roofslope with 2-lights casements. 5 cross-windows to 1st floor and similar to ground floor. Tiled gabled timber porch with red dressings in plum brickwork preserved inside. Large square internal gable chimneys. 1 1/2-storeys stable block facing S with rear outshut and brick mounting block in front. 2 stable doors and double doors with boarding over. Wide passage next house giving access to side door. Interior of house, the main staircase rises only to 1st floor, 3 turned balusters to each tread of the cut string stair with outswept foot. 2-panel doors on 1st floor with IL hinges. Attic stair in wing has serpentine splat balusters. (RCHM Typescript).

Listing NGR: TL1485526176

External Links

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