Description

CHIPPERFIELD THE STREET
TL 0401 (East side)

12/84 The Tile House
- (on N corner with
Kings Lane)

GV II

Farmhouse, now a private house. C17 or earlier, altered and enlarged to
SE 1923 when name changed from Elm Tree Farm. Timber frame, roughcast
ground floor, tile-hung 1st floor, and steep old red tile roofs. A
2-storeys, 4 windows house facing W on NE corner of crossroads, set
back from road. Older part L-shaped with NE rear wing, large chimney
at junction with this wing, 3-cells W range with narrow unheated (?
parlour) bay at S, wide middle part (? hall) heated by an internal
chimney at N end with entrance into a cross-passage to N behind this
chimney. Axial beams and evidence of possible continuous W front jetty.
This front has 3-light flush casement windows (one-light at LH) and
square hipped bay window on LH on ground floor. Interior has chamfered
beams with scroll stops.

Listing NGR: TL0439001681

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26631811

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)