Description

KELVEDON HIGH STREET
TL 8418-8518 (south-east side)

9/198 No. 2 (The White Hart
21.12.67 Inn)

GV II

2 houses combined,now a public house. Early C19 and c.1600 respectively, both
extended in C19. Timber framed, painted brick and plaster, roofed with handmade
red plain tiles. House to left, of T-plan with central stack, early C19, mainly
of painted brick. C19 catslide extension to right of rear wing, and late C19
2-storey lean-to extension to left of rear wing, roofed with slate, completing a
rectangular plan. 2 storeys and cellar. House to right, single range of 3 bays
with central stack, timber framed and plastered, c.1600. C19 lean-to extension
to rear, mainly of painted brick, roofed with red clay corrugated tiles. 2
storeys. Both face NW, abut together and are connected internally. House to
left, ground floor, 2 late C19 tripartite sashes of 2-4-2 lights; first floor, 4
late C19 sashes of 4 lights and one blind aperture at right end. 2 recessed
6-panel doors, 4 panels glazed, both with simple moulded architraves; that on
the right has a pulvinated frieze and moulded pediment. Plain band at first
floor. Plaster moulded eaves cornice with bracketed corbels. Roof hipped at
left end. To rear, early C19 half-glazed door with 9 lights and crown glass.
House to right, ground floor, one early C19 sash of 10 + 10 lights, one C20
replica; first floor, 2 C19 casements. A photograph in RCHM shows it with 4 or
5 truncated octagonal shafts, but now only 2 tubular flues emerge from the roof,
behind the ridge. Interior of ground floor much altered. In right house,
chamfered transverse and axial beams with lamb's tongue stops. Wood-burning
hearth with replaced mantel beam, brickwork disturbed. RCHM 15.

Listing NGR: TL8594418435

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26416882

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)