Description

KELVEDON HIGH STREET TL 8618-8718 (north-west side)

10/184 Nos. 125 and 127 21.12.67 (Walnut House) (formerly listed as Nos. 1 and 2 Walnut Cottages and Walnut House)

G V II

House, now 2 houses. C16, altered in C17 and late C18. Timber framed, plastered, roofed with handmade red plain tiles. 3-bay main range facing NE with stack in left bay against front wall and C19 external stack at right end, 2-bay crosswing to left extending to rear, and C19 one-bay extension beyond; C17 wing to rear of right end, with end stack, and C20 lean-to conservatory beyond, the whole forming a half-8 plan. The house is divided through the main stack, no. 125 comprising the left part, no. 127 (Walnut House) comprising the right part. 2 storeys and attics. No. 125 has on each floor one C20 3-light casement in late C18 style, a C19/20 casement in a gabled dormer, and a C19 flush door. No. 127 (Walnut House) has on the ground floor one late C18 3-light window with wrought iron casement, rectangular leading and moulded mullions, one similar window with renewed mullions and glazing; and on the first floor 2 C18 windows similar to the first; C19 4-panel door, the upper panels glazed. Moulded coving below eaves. Gablet roof. No. 125 has in the left wallplate an edge-halved and bridled scarf, and 3 diamond mortices and a shutter groove of a former unglazed window; evidence of others in the front left corner and the front tiebeam; a chamfered beam with lamb's tongue stops, and plain joists of vertical section; a wide wood-burning-hearth with C20 grate inside; and to the rear of it a newel stair from ground to attic. No. 127 (Walnut House) has curved braces trenched outside heavy studding (weathered where enclosed by the C17 rear wing); in the right bay plain joists of horizontal section, jointed to the binding beam with central tenons; in the next bay a chamfered transverse beam with lamb's tongue stops, and a framed stair trap, blocked; a wide wood-burning hearth; and C18 ceilings above the first floor. The rear right wing has a chamfered axial beam, unstopped, and plain joists of vertical section. Late C17 stair with flat balusters, and rebate and hinge for child gate at top. RCHM 30.

Listing NGR: TL8618718899

External Links

• Wikidata Q26647772

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
• 
  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  For the Record
• 
  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)