29 and 33, Gold Street

Two attached terraced houses, dating to the 17th and 18th centuries, are located on Gold Street, Saffron Walden. The buildings were originally numbered separately but have been combined at number 31. They are timber-framed and plastered, with brick and peg-tiled roofs, and feature a stepped plan aligned with the street, with rear extensions.

The front, west-facing elevation has five window bays along with two doorways and a carriageway opening at the south end. The front is faced with ashlar lining over plasterwork. Number 33, at the south end, has sliding sash windows with moulded architraves, now fitted with leaded panes in the style of a three-light casement window. This arrangement is present on both the first and ground floors, with two windows on the first floor and one on the ground floor. A 19th-century carriageway door with two leaves is also present. A 19th-century boarded and battened door is located at the north end. Number 29, at the north end, has 20th-century three-light casement windows with leaded panes, arranged in a style matching those of number 33, with three windows on each of the ground and first floors. A similar 20th-century door is at the north end. A cellar grille is located at the south end. A central ridge stack is positioned on number 29.

The rear, east-facing elevation displays basket pargetting (decorative plasterwork) above the carriageway. Number 33 has a ground floor brick lean-to with a slated roof and a red brick stack behind. A second stack rises through the lean-to roof. A simple 20th-century door with an upper window is present, flanked by two-light casement windows. Number 29 features a two-storey gault brick lean-to, its slated roof rising to meet the main house ridge, with a stack passing through the roof pitch. Segment-headed first-floor windows are present, as is a ground-floor lean-to below.