Description

SAFFRON WALDEN

TL5338 FRESHWELL STREET
669-1/1/152 (South East side)
28/11/51 No.15
(Formerly Listed as:
FRESHWELL STREET
Nos.15 AND 17)

GV II

Previously listed as 2 houses, now combined into one.
House. c1600, with C20 restoration. Timber-framed and
plastered, peg-tiled roof, red brick stack. Plan rectangular,
street range and slightly shorter brick rear addition. One and
a half storeys. Front NW elevation: symmetrical 2 window 2
door range, central stack, 2 gabled dormer windows, boarded
C19 doors at NE and SW ends. All windows C19 restored in C20.
2-light casement with glazing bars. 3x4 panes. Rear SE
elevation: principal roof and swept roof of ground floor
lean-to, C20 clay tiled, lean-to has 2 C20 casement windows,
one 2-light, one 3-light. Also narrow single light casement at
NE end of old house wall. NE and SW elevations: plain but wall
plates, rafters, collars and purlins of trapped side-purlin
roof evident.
INTERIOR: considerably rebuilt in C20 as necessary repairs.
Early primary braced oak studding. Back to back fireplaces of
C17 brickwork, jambs rebuilt, timber mantel beams, one has C17
compass-drawn 6 petal protection symbol.

Listing NGR: TL5352438615

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26585303

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy