7, Common Hill

SAFFRON WALDEN

TL5338 COMMON HILL 669-1/1/123 (West side) 01/11/72 No.7

GV II

House. c1840 with C20 interior renovation. Yellow gault brick with scored pointing, slate roof. Rectangular plan. 2 storeys and cellar. Front E elevation: 2 window range plus central doorway. Windows segment headed, sashes with glazing bars, 3x4 panes, doorway has semicircular overlight with decorative glazing bars, C20 6-panelled flush bead moulded door, boot scrapers each side. To N, passageway to rear with C19 boarded door, to S, segment headed basement window, now C20 casement, grille over. Windows now have C20 louvred shutters to each side. Roof hipped at S end with deep eaves, stacks on S end wall. Rear, W elevation: 3 window range, segment headed, first floor, 2 similar sashes with glazing bars, 3x4 panes, one smaller with C20 casement, 2x4 panes, central doorway with large arch-headed glazed panel, basement window now has C20 4x2 paned casement. Passageway at N end shared with No.9 (qv) has original brick floor. S end elevation: plain with 2 stacks. INTERIOR: all now reworked in C20. Cellar, C19 red brick, S wall has segment headed fireplace.

Listing NGR: TL5394438632