5, Myddylton Place

SAFFRON WALDEN

TL5338 MYDDYLTON PLACE 669-1/1/308 (East side) 28/11/51 No.5

GV II

House. Late C15/early C16, altered in late C16, enlarged in 1988. Timber framing, brick, peg and clay tiled roof. Plan rectangular, with N end room as flying freehold over No.6 (qv). One and a half storeys plus basement. Front W elevation: exposed framing of 3 bays, N end bay clearly of separate build. Ground floor C19 bead-moulded boarded door, each side C20 2-light casement window with glazing bars, 4x3 panes. Basement light N of door. Above, C19 simple casement light under eaves at N end. 2 C20 gabled dormer windows with 2-light casement windows 4x3 panes. Rear elevation: full height C20 brick addition of 1988, painted, with 2 large fixed oval windows lighting ground floor and basement, beyond, rear roof partly visible with C20 sky light and C19 stack. S side elevation: of early C19 red brick with C20 boarded door. INTERIOR: outer frame and 3 bay system with braced tie-beams, heavy roof rafters and side purlins slightly sooted. Late C16 inserted floor with `flat-laid' joists and lamb's tongue chamfer stops on principals. Fireplaces c1800, ground floor with timber lintel, first floor brick arched. Present stair now in front of stack. Original said to have been behind stack and with block treads. Rear garden wall listed under garden boundary wall of No.3 High Street (qv).

Listing NGR: TL5358038566