32, Bridge Street

SAFFRON WALDEN

TL5338 BRIDGE STREET 669-1/1/35 (East side) 28/11/51 No.32

GV II

House. Early C16 with early C19 rear addition and C20 renovation. Timber-framed and plastered with brick, slate roof. Plan rectangular. 2 storeys. W front elevation: continuous jetty with exposed end brackets, bressumer and joists masked by facia board. Facade has early C20 raised pargetted rough-cast panels. 2 window range, ground floor has 2 triple sash windows, 1x4, 3x4, 1x4 panes, boarded door. First floor, 2 sash windows with moulded architraves, glazing bars, 4x4 panes, central early C19 stack. Rear, E elevation: C19 2 storey addition, brick ground floor, timber-framed above, all rendered. Low pitched roof taken back to apex of original street range. 2 window range. Ground floor, one 3-light, one 2-light C20 casement window, C20 door with upper and lower plain glazing. First floor, 2 early C19 sash windows with moulded architraves, glazing bars, 4x4 panes. INTERIOR: 2 bays, flat-laid ground floor ceiling joists with reduced tenons. Axial joist in N bay has evidence for original partition. N end wall has external tension brace, stair trap at rear. Roof has simple 2-way braced crown-posts and collar purlin. Roof of rear addition simply laid over older steeper roof pitch. 2 ground floor fireplaces somewhat restored but retaining segment heads with supporting iron band.

Listing NGR: TL5350138730