Rowley Hill Farmhouse

SAFFRON WALDEN

TL54SW LITTLE WALDEN 669-1/5/375 Rowley Hill Farmhouse 01/11/72

GV II

House. Mid C17, enlarged in late C17, further enlarged in mid C19, reduced and refurbished 1946. Timber-framed and plastered, rough rendered, red brick, peg tile and slate roofs. Rectangular plan. 2 storeys and cellar. E elevation: rendered, 2 window range, roof hipped with eaves coving that has impressed pargetting. Windows to N have moulded architraves, double lights with glazing bars, 6x4 panes, upper sliding sash, lower was sliding, now converted to casements. Windows to S, C19 3-cant bay window through both storeys, sashes, 2x4, 4x4, 2x4 panes, old glass survives. Central doorway once, now removed. S, garden elevation: irregular range, hipped roof to E with rear stack, gabled roof continues to W, eaves coving continued round from E elevation. Central C20 4-centred arch headed doorway with C20 boarded and battened door. To E, ground floor, C19 sash window 3x4 panes, French window with upper glazing 2x3 panes. To W of doorway, C20 3-light casement window 3x3 panes. First floor, above doorway, simple sash window, to W, C19 3x4 paned sash window. Both older windows have some original glass. A clear crack in the plaster to E of door shows junction of builds. W rear elevation: 2 parallel gabled units, to S, brick with single ground and first floor segment-headed windows. C20 2 and 3-light casements respectively. Minor C20 stack at S corner. N unit, gable timber-framed and plastered, set back with C19 brick and slated lean-to, flush and contiguous with S block. Ground floor C19 `stable' door, blocked window aperture to N. First floor 4x3 paned sliding sash window. N elevation: long range, central ridge stack, to E, plain but weatherboarded to W. Windows, ground floor, one 2-light 2x2 panes, one 2-light 4x2 panes, single first floor 2-light casement window originally C19, restored. W end, lean-to wall of flint cobble and brick with 2-light pantry window, one light of gauze, one of leaded panes. INTERIOR: outer framing members partly exposed. Mid C17 oak dado panelling in ground floor passage. Phases of construction. (1) N range, mid C17 with large stack central to 2-celled house. (2) late C17 addition of wing to S at E end, facade created. (3) early C19 SW block. E facade bay windows. (4) mid C19 brick W gable and adjacent lean-to. Refurbishment in 1946 included the demolition of extensions at SW corner.

Listing NGR: TL5386040798