Description

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

10/183 No. 119 and railings to
25.6.74 front

GV II

House. C17, altered in C18 and C19. Timber framed, plastered and partly
roughcast, roofed with handmade red plain tiles. 3 bays facing SE with central
stack, forming a lobby-entrance. Rear wing of red brick at left end, and C19
lean-to extension to right of it. Late C19 parallel range at rear right,
extending to right, roofed with slate, and small C20 lean-to extension to rear
of it. 2 storeys, cellar and attic. Ground floor, two 3-light casements with
margins of coloured glass and shallow canopies on scrolled brackets, c.1900.
First floor, 2 similar casements, one more on rear right range, and central
2-light casement with canopy. Central 5-panel door, top panel glazed, in early
C19 doorcase with enriched frieze and moulded flat canopy on scrolled brackets,
forming a flat-roofed porch with glazed sides. Moulded cornice, plain parapet.
Mid-C19 heavy cast iron railings of linked loops of French Renaissance
derivation to either side of porch, forming boundary with street and returning
to house at each end. In right attic gable of main range, C18 2-light window
with wrought iron casement and twisted stay bar. In right projection of rear
range, half-glazed door with margins of coloured glass. In right ground-floor
room, chamfered axial beam, some exposed studding. Elsewhere the frame is
mainly concealed. 2 C17 moulded 3-plank doors in attic. Formerly called
Cockdrovers.

Listing NGR: TL8618418882

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26416916

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