Cottage 5 Metres North West Of Leapingwell'S Farmhouse

KELVEDON HOLLOW ROAD TL 81 NW (south side)

5/242 Cottage 5 metres north- west of Leapingwell's Farmhouse

GV II

House, now cottage. Circa 1600, altered in C19. Timber framed, plastered, roofed with handmade red plain tiles; stacks of red brick and yellow brick. 4 bays facing NW, with C'18 external stack at left end, with small lean-to extension to rear of it, and C19 external stack at right end. Ground floor, one C20 and 2 c19 casements. First floor, one C19 casement, and one more in lean-to dormer. C20 door at front of gabled porch with slate roof. One storey with attics. In the 2 left bays, chamfered axial and transverse beams with lambda tongue stops. In the right bay, similar beams, unstopped. All joists plain and of horizontal section, arranged longitudinally in second bay from right end, laterally in the other bays. Inserted stair trap in left front corner, blocked. Inverted knees over the binding beams. The left first-floor window is at floor level. Frame mainly covered by plaster and wallpaper, roof ceiled. Built as part of a 'Unit System' pair with the main house.

Listing NGR: TL8422819054