1 And 2, Museum Yard

SAFFRON WALDEN

TL5338 MUSEUM YARD 669-1/1/306 Nos.1 AND 2 01/11/72

GV II

2 houses. c1800. Timber-framed and plastered, slate roof, red brick stack. Z shaped plan of principal range and 2 later additions. 2 storeys and cellars. Front S elevation: shared central stack and stack at E gable end. No.1 (W), all features C20, 2 window range, casements with glazing bars, ground and first floor, one 2-light 4x3 panes, one 6-light 6x3 panes. Central doorway, door has upper 2x3 paned glazing. Cellar light. No.2 has original plastering with traces of ashlar lining. 2 window range, windows have original moulded architraves and early C20 casements, all 4x3 panes. Ground floor, E end, front door site covered by C20 single storey brick extension to S. Monopitch slate roof, plain door with upper light, window of 3 casements, glazing bars, 6x3 panes. Rear N elevation: construction dictated by house abutting the earthen bailey bank of Saffron Walden Castle (qv). Solid wall of fling cobble and erratics, capped by brickwork, to W end, C19 single storeyed lean-to, slated roof with skylight. 3 C20 casement windows, one 2 light. E end elevation: C19 red brick partly buried in earth bank, timber gable triangle, plastered stack at SE corner.

Listing NGR: TL5378738689