House On The Corner Of The Green And Silver Street

TL 7031-7131 WETHERSFIELD THE GREEN (south-west side)

5/168 House on the corner of The Green and Silver 21.12.67 Street, (formerly listed as House) GV II

House. Late C16, extended in C17, C18 and C19. Timber framed, plastered, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. 4 bays facing NE, with axial stack in second bay from left, C19 external stack at right end, and original wing behind left end. Early C17 extension to left of rear wing. Late C19 extension at left end of main range. Other extensions on all sides, producing a complex plan in multi-occupation until c.1970. 2 storeys and attics. A flat-roofed single-storeyed extension, formerly a shop, stands forward of the left end. Ground floor, 4 sashes each of 15 upper lights and 2 lower lights, square bay of casements, 2 C20 and one C19 casements. First floor, 2 early C19 sashes of 16 lights and 2 late C19 casements. One late C19 casement in gabled dormer. 4-panel door with dentilled pediment. Grouped diagonal shafts. The interior of the original building has jowled posts, some exposed close studding, a moulded axial beam with step stops in the left bay, a chamfered axial beam with lamb's tongue stops to the right of the stack, plain joists of horizontal section, face-halved and bladed scarfs in the wallplates, chamfered beams with lamb's tongue stops above the first floor, and a clasped purlin roof with arched wind bracing. Large wood-burning hearth facing left, cement rendered, another facing right reduced for C20 grate. Blocked original window in left wall of rear wing, now inside early C17 extension. The walls of the rear wing have been raised approx. one metre, and the first floor has been raised also. The present owner has no name for the house.

Listing NGR: TL7110231260