Description

TQ 38 NE LEYTON HIGH ROAD

(South-West Side)
2/420
No 807
II

House, now council offices. Early C18, altered. Brown brick in Flemish bond with
red brick dressings; plain tile roof. 2-storeys with attic, 4 bays. C1970
unsympathetic shop front and deep fascia across ground floor. 1st floor has red
brick quoins to angles and to windows which have gauged flat brick arches and sashes
with glazing bars and exposed sash boxes (bay 4 window with replacement lower sash).
Eaves band below parapet with flat coping. Two late C19/early C20 segmental-arched
dormers to mansard roof which has end stacks. C20 additions to right side and rear
not of special interest. Interior: on first floor rooms have panelled dados,
cupboards and window reveals; the two front rooms have decorative C1800 fireplace
surrounds with reeded I columns, decorative motifs to friezes, and cornices.
Dog-leg stair rises from 1st floor to attic and has closed string, columnar newels,
column-on-vase balusters, and moulded handrail. Old roof timbers from former 2-span
roof.

Listing NGR: TQ3793088029

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26318636

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)