Will'S Ayley Cottages

SAFFRON WALDEN

TL53NE WILL'S AYLEY LANE, Sewards End 669-1/4/399 Nos.1 and 2 Will's Ayley Cottages

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2 cottages in one block. Mid C16 with C19 additions. Timber-framed and plastered, red brick stacks, thatch and peg-tiled roof. Plan rectangular. 2 storeys. Front W elevation: 2 central long jettied bays with central principal joist and supporting bracket. Principal stack in line behind. N and S end additions flush with upper front wall, each with end gable stacks, only S end addition tiled, rest thatched. Irregular 6 window range all casements with glazing bars, of C19 and C20. 2 doorways, N in addition with C20 door, S in lean-to with clay tiled porch bridging old and newer units, C20 door. Rear E elevation: flush walling, N end addition seen to be skew to central block and building break clear at S end. Irregular fenestration similar to front elevation. N and S end elevation: gable ends similar with external C19 stacks. N end blank. S end has ground floor blocked doorway and single casement window to rear. First floor single casement window to front. INTERIOR: No.1 inspected. Central jettied framing with upper front posts jowled at both top and bottom for jetty construction. Framing markedly skewed in parallelogram plan. End units asymmetrical to produce square external outline. Big central fireplaces back-to-back, now with C20 infilling.

Listing NGR: TL5781738766