Description

TL 12 SE KINGS WALDEN LEY GREEN

4/28 Leggatts Farmhouse, and
Leggatts Cottages,
Nos. 1, and 2

II

2 linked farmhouses in same farmyard, now a farmhouse and 2 cottages.
C16, floors and chimneys inserted later C17, E house altered in mid C19.
Timber frame exposed only on rear gable of crosswing of W house with red
brick infill panels. This has red brick casing to front over a stucco
base, roughcast 1st floor to crosswing and low rear extension to N with
dark weatherboarded outhouse beyond. E house stuccoed. Steep old red
tile roof to W house: E house has steep roofs covered in slate. 2
2-storeys L-shaped houses linked in echelon facing S. An example of the
Unit System whereby separate households jointly work the same farm. E
house (Leggatts Farmhouse) has a hall range, W crosswing projecting to
rear, and a small C19 brick wing built in the rear angle parallel with
the hall range. Internal chimneys to wing and hall range. S front has 3
3-lights casements to hall range with door and 2 sash windows to ground
floor under a lean-to verandah. Gabled wing to LH has a canted bay
window and casement windows to 1st floor and attic. W house has short
hall range and gabled W crosswing extending to rear. Cellar under E part
of hall range. Tall brick chimney at junction of wings and entrance by
stack. Rear outshut to hall. S front has small 2-lights casement window
over door and a 3-lights window to right on each floor. 2-lights window
to S end of wing, on each floor. Doorway in W side of wing to No. 2.
Inside the W house has a winding staircase with heavy moulded handrail.
(RCHM Typescript).

Listing NGR: TL1654824557

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26647753

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey