The Studio

TQ 49 NE CHIGWELL GRAVEL LANE Lambourne End 2/102 The Studio II

Barn. C16, partially converted to studio by the artist Aida Palmer in the late C19 in art & Craft style;rest of building converted to dwelling in C20. Timber- framed with rendered panels on brick plinth with plain tile roof. Three-bay frame with midstrey -flanked by lean-to additions. Central stack. Half-hipped roof. Principal frame members exposed on exterior. Jowled posts with arch braces. C20 two- light casements throughout, some with recent fake leading. End bay of garden front has oriel window above recent herringbone brick nogged panels in place of a conservatory which has been removed. The interior has an inserted floor. The galleried full-height studio occupies one bay and has high quality timber detailing. Diagonal boarding to walls and ceiling." Screens passage" of the three bays with four-centred openings with carved spandrels and painted landscape panels above. Bracketted gallery with carved rail and chamfered balusters. Carved rail above entrance to the former conservatory the trefoil posts with moulded capitals. Ovolo-moulded four-centred-brick fireplace:The artist Aida Palmer who exhibited from 1884 lived at the next door house, Turnours Hall

Listing NGR: TQ4597395683