4, Gold Street

SAFFRON WALDEN

TL5338 GOLD STREET 669-1/1/158 (West side) 01/11/72 No.4 (Formerly Listed as: GOLD STREET Nos.2 AND 4)

GV II

Previously listed as 2 houses, now combined into one. House, now offices. c1600, with reworking in c1800 and C20. Timber-framed and plastered, brick, with clay tiled roofs. Plan L shaped. 2 storeys. Front E elevation: long 4 window range, traces of ashlar lining, cove with lower bead moulding under eaves, stacks c1800 at ridge at N and S ends. All windows except one are sashes with moulded architraves, glazing bars, 3x4 panes. One, on ground floor at N end, C19 triple sash with glazing bars, 1x4, 3x4, 1x4 panes. 2 doorways with cornice hoods and moulded architraves, larger central one has 6 recessed moulded panels, other adjacent to triple window similar, of 5 panes. Rear W elevation: 2 conjoined gabled wings, central and to S end, some ashlar lining remains, also fan-combed panel pargetting on N side of central wing. Ridge piece and side purlins exposed in each gable. Street range, restored at N end in rendered brickwork and simple doorway. Wings, ground floor, C20 double casement window with glazing bars, 4x3 panes, 3 small single-light casements, boarded door on N elevation. First floor, 2 restored C19 sash windows, glazing bars, 3x4 panes. INTERIOR: much refurbished for office use but jowled posts and wall plates exposed to full house height on first floor. 3 principal bays with additional short central bay on site of principal front door, further short stack bay at S end suggesting original form similar to that seen now.

Listing NGR: TL5380438369