Description

SAFFRON WALDEN

TL5338 CASTLE STREET
669-1/1/79 (South side)
01/11/72 No.56

GV II

House, early C19, grey gault brick and brick with cobble
panels, slate roof. Plan rectangular of street range and full
width integral rear wing. 2 storey and cellar. Front N
elevation: 2 window range with central doorway, brickwork good
survival of original black colourwash and mortar with tucked
pointing. Giant pilasters support plain entablature, central
upper panel with Greek key motif, all in stucco. Eaves soffit
board similarly decorated and with `jewel' motifs. Windows
slight segment heads, stuccoed voussoirs, all sashes, glazing
bars, 3x4 panes, some early glass. Doorway, wooden, flat
cornice hood, simple entablature but jambs decorated with
recessed moulded panels with nail head. Contemporary door has
2 recessed panels with roundels. Cellar grilles each side.
Rear, S elevation: broad 2-storey gabled wing, brick with
flint cobble panels, rendered gable, first floor casement
window 2x3 panes, rest obscured. W end elevation blank.

Listing NGR: TL5389038759

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26490689

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Recommended Books

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  Dorset (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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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)