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Alma Cottage Norbury House

A Grade II Listed Building in Kelvedon, Essex

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.8374 / 51°50'14"N

Longitude: 0.701 / 0°42'3"E

OS Eastings: 586180

OS Northings: 218870

OS Grid: TL861188

Mapcode National: GBR QKT.Q23

Mapcode Global: VHKG8.32FS

Plus Code: 9F32RPP2+X9

Entry Name: Alma Cottage Norbury House

Listing Date: 21 December 1967

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1337601

English Heritage Legacy ID: 116494

ID on this website: 101337601

Location: Kelvedon, Braintree, Essex, CO5

County: Essex

District: Braintree

Civil Parish: Kelvedon

Built-Up Area: Kelvedon

Traditional County: Essex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Essex

Church of England Parish: Kelvedon St Mary the Virgin

Church of England Diocese: Chelmsford

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Description


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

10/181 Nos. 115 (Alma Cottage)
21.12.67 and 117 (Norbury House)

GV II

House, now house and cottage. Circa 1600, altered in C18. Timber framed,
plastered with facade,,of painted brick, roofed with handmade red plain tiles. 3
bays facing SE with stacks to left and rear of middle bay, and 2 rear wings. 2
storeys, attics and cellar. The left bay and a short section of the house to
the left (item 10/180) comprise no. 115 (Alma Cottage). The cellar of this bay
is entered from no. 113 (St. Andrews). The remainder comprises no. 117 (Norbury
House). Ground floor, one C19 splayed bay and 2 late C18 3-light casements with
modern glazing and C19 hood-moulds of plaster. First floor, one similar
casement, and 2 late C18 3-light windows each with a wrought iron casement,
moulded mullions, saddle bars, rectangular leading and a twisted stay bar. 3
C19 casements in gabled dormers. Gambrel roof, half-hipped at right end. C20
6-panel door and pedimented doorcase. Moulded coving under projecting eaves.
Modern wrought iron brackets for gutter. Red clay pantiles on one roof to rear.
In 2 right bays, chamfered axial beams with lamb's tongue stops. In middle bay
the plain joists of square section are exposed, with unusual housed abutments
and central tenons. Jowled posts. Straight tension braces trenched inside
heavy studding. Early C19 stair with oval-section handrail and stick balusters
(in no. 117). The ceiling over the middle first-floor room has an unusual
construction; main joists form a cross, and plain joists are arranged diagonally
across the quarters, like a spider's web, with chisel-cut assembly marks. The
gambrel roof is an C18 alteration. RCHM 31.


Listing NGR: TL8618018870

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