Badynghams

A late 16th-century timber-framed and plastered house, located to the east of the Church in Great Waltham, set back in Banbury Square. Originally built on a half "H" shaped plan, it occupies a prominent position on the approach to the village from the east. The house was altered in the 18th and 19th centuries and considerably restored in the 20th century; the timber framing is now exposed. Two wings extend on the east front, with rebuilt red brick gable ends. A central two-storey porch projects from the front. The house is two storeys high. Most windows are 20th-century restorations, consisting of mullioned and transomed casements with lattice leaded lights. A number of small original windows are located on the west front. The roof is tiled. The house is notable for its four tall, original chimney stacks, each featuring two octagonal shafts with moulded bases and spurred caps. Two of these stacks rise from the end gables of the projecting wings on the east front and each has a diamond-shaped ornamental plaster panel in the base. The listed buildings in the village form a group, which includes Dweina, No 1 Elm Cot, Lime Tree Cottage, and the Almshouses, all of which are buildings of local interest.