Description

GREAT GADDESDEN GADDESDEN ROW
TL 0l SE
(North side)
4/82 No. 38
-
GV II

House. C16, altered later C17, brick W part early C18, renovated c.1980.
Timber frame on brick sill faced with red brick on ground floor and red
tilehanging with scalloped band on 1st floor, W end in red brick
chequered with vitrified blue headers. Steep old red tile roofs. A
2-storeys house set back from road facing S with higher W part's roof
carried down as catslide to front sheltering a corner porch. A 2-bays
structure probably formerly open to roof with floor inserted and W end
chimney added in later C17. Early C18 W service bay possibly replaces
flimsier lower one, as decorative rib on W face of chimney now in attic
of W extension. S front has gabled dormer at W and 2, 2-light casement
windows. 3-light casements to ground floor. Large internal chimney
emerges in higher roof next to lower part. Interior has jowled posts,
straight heavy braces to tie beams, straight-tension braces in long
walls, wide-spaced studs exposed in front and rear walls on both floors,
chamfered axial beams with hollow stops and heavy squared joists,
squint-butted scarf joints in wall-plates, clasped-purlin roof with
collar-and-queen-strut trusses, and straight wind-braces. Interior
full-height framed partition divides 2 bays of older part. Large open
fireplace serves only hall (middle room) and stairs to cellar and 1st
floor beside chimney on S. Deep well in cellar below W end.

Listing NGR: TL0592012203

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26467858

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Recommended Books

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)