Sadler'S Farmhouse

SAFFRON WALDEN

TL54SE LITTLE WALDEN 669-1/6/376 Sadler's Farmhouse 01/11/72

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House. Mid C16 and with C19 additions. Timber-framed with C20 plastering, peg and clay tiled roofs. L shaped plan. 2 storeys and attics. All windows except 2 are C20 casements with glazing bars. Front W elevation: large 5 window range with lesser single window unit at S end. Large C17 rectangular stack towards N end, lesser stack at S end of both units. Principal (N) block, windows somewhat irregular, 1, 2 and 3-lights, shallow bay window 4x4 lights on ground floor at N end. Central C20 doorway with lean-to peg-tiled timber and brick porch. 2 gabled dormer windows at centre and S end. Lesser S end unit with upper and lower 3-light windows, upper as dropped dormer. Rear E elevation: range as front, rear additional lean-to with catslide roof (at S end of principal range), slender C19 stack against S side. Windows similar to front with 6-light ground floor casement window to lean-to. Principal range ground floor N end, two 3-light mid Cl6 windows, roll and hollow chamfer moulded mullions with plain minor diagonally set intermediates, shutter rebates. Both windows now glass covered. S end unit plain with C20 fully glazed door. S end elevation: 2 gables with stacks almost in line and rear outshut with stack. 3 first floor casement windows. To W, long ground floor wing, C19 red brick at W end, rest rendered, corrugated asbestos roof, C20 windows as rest. N side of wing of C19 random brick and cobble construction. N end elevation: plain except for attic 2-light casement window. Prominent weathering board at eaves level. INTERIOR: not inspected but seen to have framing exposed and ceiling joists flat laid, commensurate with mid C16 windows. House appears to been developed in C17 to a 3-celled type.

Listing NGR: TL557644634