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TL 8619-8719 8/189 25.6.74

KELVEDON HIGH STREET (north-west side) No. 175 (T.C. News)

GV II

House, now shop and house. Late medieval, altered in C18 and C20. Timber framed, roughcast and plastered, roofed with handmade red plain tiles. 2-bay crosswing of hall house to left (item 81/188, q.v.), with 3-bay wing to rear. C18 extension to right of crosswing, with stack in rear right corner, 2-bay wing to rear of it, and C20 extension in painted brick beyond. The whole forms a rectangular plan. 2 storeys; rear right wing of one storey with attics. Ground floor, C20 shopfront with central glazed door. First floor, 2 C20 casements. In the right gable the ends of the rear wallplate and 2 side purlins are exposed, the roof raised approx. 0.30 metre above. Gambrel roof over rear right wing. Chimney cement-rendered. The crosswing has an underbuilt jetty and a binding beam, both plastered. In the shop the right wall of the crosswing is all removed except one main post, plastered. In the rear wing are 2 transverse beams, chamfered with lamb's tongue stops. On the first floor of the crosswing 2 jowled posts are exposed, the remainder of the frame concealed. The roof has been rebuilt to align with the street. RCHM 29.

Listing NGR: TL8633119080