Oak Cottages

TL 6730 GREAT BARDFIELD HIGH STREET (north-west side)

8/166 Nos. 1 and 2, Oak Cottages

GV II

House, divided into 2 cottages. C17, extended in C19. Timber framed, facade of red brick in Flemish bond, remainder plastered, with exposed framing at left return wall, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. 3 bays facing SE with central stack. Late C19 extension to right, 2-storey lean-to extension with slate roof behind it, and single-storey extensions with roofs of red clay pantiles behind. Main range of one storey and attics, right extension of 2 storeys. No. 2, the left half of the original block, has one mid-C19 sash with marginal lights, a 6- panel door, and a C20 casement in a gabled dormer. No. 1, the remainder, has a 2-window range of late C19 sashes, a 4-panel door with the upper panels glazed, and a C20 casement in a gabled dormer. A 4-centred timber doorhead is exposed in an arch in the brick facade, with the date 1600 painted below it. Dentilled string course across whole front elevation.

Listing NGR: TL6742830403