Description

KELVEDON HIGH STREET
TL 8618-8718 (north-west side)

10/184 Nos. 125 and 127
21.12.67 (Walnut House)
(formerly listed as
Nos. 1 and 2 Walnut
Cottages and Walnut
House)

G V II

House, now 2 houses. C16, altered in C17 and late C18. Timber framed,
plastered, roofed with handmade red plain tiles. 3-bay main range facing NE
with stack in left bay against front wall and C19 external stack at right end,
2-bay crosswing to left extending to rear, and C19 one-bay extension beyond; C17
wing to rear of right end, with end stack, and C20 lean-to conservatory beyond,
the whole forming a half-8 plan. The house is divided through the main stack,
no. 125 comprising the left part, no. 127 (Walnut House) comprising the right
part. 2 storeys and attics. No. 125 has on each floor one C20 3-light casement
in late C18 style, a C19/20 casement in a gabled dormer, and a C19 flush door.
No. 127 (Walnut House) has on the ground floor one late C18 3-light window with
wrought iron casement, rectangular leading and moulded mullions, one similar
window with renewed mullions and glazing; and on the first floor 2 C18 windows
similar to the first; C19 4-panel door, the upper panels glazed. Moulded coving
below eaves. Gablet roof. No. 125 has in the left wallplate an edge-halved and
bridled scarf, and 3 diamond mortices and a shutter groove of a former unglazed
window; evidence of others in the front left corner and the front tiebeam; a
chamfered beam with lamb's tongue stops, and plain joists of vertical section; a
wide wood-burning-hearth with C20 grate inside; and to the rear of it a newel
stair from ground to attic. No. 127 (Walnut House) has curved braces trenched
outside heavy studding (weathered where enclosed by the C17 rear wing); in the
right bay plain joists of horizontal section, jointed to the binding beam with
central tenons; in the next bay a chamfered transverse beam with lamb's tongue
stops, and a framed stair trap, blocked; a wide wood-burning hearth; and C18
ceilings above the first floor. The rear right wing has a chamfered axial beam,
unstopped, and plain joists of vertical section. Late C17 stair with flat
balusters, and rebate and hinge for child gate at top. RCHM 30.

Listing NGR: TL8618718899

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26647772

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Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014