Cloptons

SAFFRON WALDEN

TL54SE LITTLE WALDEN 669-1/6/362 Cloptons 28/11/51

II

House. 1643, C19 and C20 additions. Timber-framed, plastered, red brick, peg and clay tile roof. Long L plan of principal range and lean-to. 2 storeys and attic. S elevation: original frontage, 4 window range, uneven bays, large stack towards E end with 4 `concertina' shafts over ovolo moulded brickwork cornice, second minor ridge stack at W end. All windows C20 3-light casements with glazing bars, ground floor 6x4 panes, first floor 6x3 panes. 3 gabled dormer windows, casements 4x3 panes. Ground floor C20 doorway in line with main stack, door with upper glazing. N elevation: range has C19 red brick lean-to with catslide roof at W end. To E, adjacent C20 French window as a porch with lean-to peg-tiled roof. To N, long C20 conservatory with spur to NE at E end. Above conservatory, 2 casement windows below house eaves. W end elevation: principal gable end bricked, C17 on ground floor, C18 and C19 above. C19 apex stack has central fillet. Lean-to to N rendered framing with lower brickwork and doorway, C20 door of 6 fielded panels, fixed paned casement window each side. C20 brick open sided porch, gabled roof. E end elevation: original barge-boards and flying collar on projecting horns. Boards have divided date 16 - 43. 3 cant bay window through both storeys, plastered corbel below. C20 casement, 1:2:1. INTERIOR: not inspected but big ground floor timber lintelled fireplace to W, small brick-arched fireplace to E. The building is a large 3-celled lobby-entrance house with, E-W, parlour, hall, service room. Service end may have been heated from the beginning as a kitchen end.

Listing NGR: TL5579041497