Livingstone Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1952. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Livingstone Cottages
- WRENN ID
- graven-kitchen-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Epping Forest
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1952
- Type
- Cottage
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TL 5502 ONGAR HIGH STREET (E side) 9/98 Nos 1 to 6 (consec) 27/8/52 Livingstone Cottages. (formerly listed as Chapel Cottages
GV II
6 cottages in 2 blocks with a central passageway. Cl8 with C20 rear extensions. Timber framed and rough rendered. Plain red tile roofs at two levels, with 4 hipped dormers to left and 4 gabled dormers to right, small paned casements and sliding sashes respectively. Moulded eaves cornices. 2 storeys and attics. 8 window range of small paned vertical sliding sash windows to first floor. Left block with 3 matching windows to ground floor and 3 four panelled doors with pediments and brackets. Right block with 3, 4 panel doors, flat canopies and brackets and moulded surrounds. 4 window range, two of which have 3 lights. A central plaque to this block records that they "were vested in Trustees for the benefit of the Congregational Church, pursuant to the wishes of the late Josiah Gilbert 15 August 1892". A plaque over the central passageway records that "in this room David Livingstone lived in 1838 just before proceeding to his great work in Central Africa". The passageway lintel is supported by ornate brackets and is boarded throughout.
Listing NGR: TL5520402787
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