1 And 2, Padhams Green

1 and 2 Padhams Green are a pair of cottages built around 1800. They are timber-framed, rendered, and weatherboarded, with a hipped slate roof and a central red brick chimney. The cottages have a rectangular plan and stand two stories tall.

The front (north) elevation is rendered, with lower sections weatherboarded. Each cottage features a single window on both the ground and first floors, as well as a doorway on the outer side. The chimney is located in the party wall. All four windows are sash style with thin glazing bars and no horns, arranged in a 3x4 pane configuration. The upper windows are shallower than the lower ones. The front doorways are topped with small sloping bracketed hoods, and the doors have four flush panels with bead moulding.

On the rear (south) elevation, the cottages are weatherboarded. The first-floor windows have been replaced with two-light casements featuring glazing bars (2x3 panes), while the ground floor has one similar window and another without glazing bars. There is one boarded door with a simple 20th-century side-glazed porch, and the other door is similar but covered with a 20th-century conservatory.

The east side elevation is also weatherboarded, with a ground-floor 20th-century casement window that has glazing bars (2x3 panes). The first floor features a 19th-century single-light casement with a metal stay and glazing bars (1x3 panes). The west elevation is similar, with a first-floor window that is a 20th-century replacement and a simple 20th-century three-light casement on the ground floor.

This pair of cottages represents a type of simple Essex timber-framed Georgian house that is relatively common in the area, though many have been significantly altered by modernization. The front elevation remains remarkably original, although it has been rendered over, likely covering original weatherboarding similar to that found on the sides and rear.