Description

TL 8428-8528 EARLS COLNE HIGH STREET
(south side)

8/86 No. 78

GV II

House, now commercial premises. C14, C16 and C19. Timber framed, plastered,
partly clad with painted brick, roofed with machine-made red plain tiles and
slate. C14 2-bay hall with inserted floor and originally storeyed bays each
end, and crosswing of c.1500 to left. Fragment of C16 stack. C17 and later
extensions to rear. 2 storeys and one storey with attics. Ground floor, 2 late
C19 sashes of 4 lights. First floor, one similar sash and one more in gabled
dormer. The crosswing is jettied to the street, with a square bay of similar
sashes below the jetty. C19 ornamental tile-hanging and dentilled bands in both
gables. C19 moulded and dentilled bargeboards on right gable, moulded
bargeboards on left gable. Much of the original frame is exposed internally.
Smoke-blackened rafters above hall. Crownpost roof in crosswing (Wherein I
Dwell, Earls Colne WEA, 1983, 41).

Listing NGR: TL8585528871

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26463571

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)