Description

SAFFRON WALDEN

TL5338 GOLD STREET
669-1/1/171 (North side)
28/11/51 Nos.48-58 (Even)

GV II

6 houses ranged round right angle turn of street. C17, early
C19 refenestration. Some later C19 reworking, C20 rear
additions. Timber-framed and plastered, brick, peg-tiled
roofs. Large L shaped plan. 2 storeys. Front elevation, to E:
Nos 48 & 50 a pair, 4 window range with gable end of
continuation of block at S end. C19 moulded barge-boards,
central ridge stack. Ground floor, 2 doorways approached by
steps, flat cornice hoods with consoles, plain jambs and
frieze, doors of 4 flush bead moulded panels. 3 windows,
sliding sashes, 6x4 panes. N end carriageway with early C20
door of 2 leaves, framed and boarded. First floor, 4 sliding
sash window 6x3 panes. Front elevation to S: Nos 52 to 58.
Timber framing on first floor, brick underbuilt on ground
floor, all rendered with much C20 pargetting, 2 stacks shared
between 2 house pairs, each pair consists of one broader (3
bay) and one narrower (2 bay) unit. All windows sliding sashes
c1900 (when brickwork done?). Paired first and ground floor
windows either 6x3 or 4x3 panes. Doors all similar, date as
brickwork, boarded and battened. Rear elevation to W and N: to
N, similar to frontages, red brick on ground floor, timber
framing rendered above. To W, Nos 52 & 54, ground floor
peg-tiled lean-to, C20 doors and windows. C20 casement window
on first floor. No.56, large C20 jettied hip roofed 2-storey
extension. C20 casement windows with glazing bars, similar
door. No.58, C20 addition in contemporary eclectic style with
tall semicircular fully glazed stair well and balcony to W
with doorway below.

Listing NGR: TL5384538237

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26585305

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)