Burntwood End

This is a timber-framed house located remotely, approximately 1.7 kilometers north of Little Walden Church. It largely dates to the early to mid 16th century, with 19th-century additions. The house has exposed timber framing and plastered walls, with peg and pantile roofing. The plan is L-shaped.

The front, facing south, is a long, jettied range with exposed framing and tension braces. A central stack is present, and the roof is half-hipped. The original doorway is positioned within the central chimney bay, featuring step-stop chamfered jambs, though the doorhead and boarded door have been renewed in the 20th century. The windows are 20th-century casements with glazing bars, two per storey, each with two lights and four by three panes. A central shoulder-headed fixed light is positioned on the first floor. The stack is from the 17th century or earlier, composed of two conjoined blocks.

The rear, facing north, is rendered, with a smaller, parallel block added towards the west end in the 19th century. Four 20th-century casement windows, with glazing bars (four by three panes), are set into the rear block—three on the ground floor and one on the first. A 19th-century stack rises from the eaves of the rear unit. The west end has flush gable ends, rendered, with the jetty profile visible on the south side. Windows are casements with glazing bars, including a fully glazed door with a side light on the ground floor, and several 3-light and 2-light windows on the first floor. The east end mirrors the west, with a set-back 19th-century block. The ground floor has a bowed window with four lights and eight by three panes.

The interior was not inspected but appears consistent with the external appearance, featuring a pair of timber lintelled, back-to-back fireplaces. Common joists are flat laid, with step-stop chamfers to the principals. The house is considered an early example of a two-celled lobby entrance house, framed around a central stack—a common feature of 17th-century buildings. Technical details suggest an early 16th-century origin, further supported by the tapering of the soffit of the principal jetty joists, a local characteristic of early to mid-16th century buildings in Saffron Walden.