26A And 28, Church Street

SAFFRON WALDEN

TL5338 CHURCH STREET 669-1/1/112 (North side) 28/11/51 Nos.26A AND 28 (Formerly Listed as: CHURCH STREET No.28)

GV II

Shop (now contiguous with shop at No.26) and office on first floor (26A). C16 altered early C19. Timber-framed, plastered, peg-tiled roof. 2 storeys. L-shaped plan with large rear lateral stack, carriageway at E end. S front elevation, long jetty cased-in in early C19 but jetty brackets and joists visible. Ground floor, central C19 doorway with ornate head, door has upper glazing, 2x2 panes, 2 lower beaded panels, to W, large fixed C19 window with simple pilasters and thin glazing bars, 6x4 panes. To E of doorway, C19 sliding sash window with glazing bars, 4x3 panes, moulded architrave, carriageway bricked to W side, timber-framed to E. C20 pair of folding doors each side. First floor, 3 sliding sashes with glazing bars, 4x3 panes, irregular spacing. Roof shows building break E of centre and behind, C19 red brick upper section of rear lateral stack visible. Rear, N elevation: front range had rear projecting block with hipped roof, stack rises behind, C20 combed pargetting. Projection, ground floor, C20 panelled door, glazed with shaped head. C20 casement window, first floor, one single light and one 2-light C20 window, also, C20 2-light window over carriageway. INTERIOR: ground floor considerably restored, bridging joist has step-stopped chamfers, lateral stack of C16 thin red brick, heavy timber lintel, rear timber-framed projection encloses the stack. Chamfered door frame between units below echoes roof break. C19 inserted fireplace at E side of older stack. First floor, brick arch headed chamfered fireplace over one below. Timber framing heavily restored, roof of wind braced side purlin form.

Listing NGR: TL5382838613