1 And 2, Chaters Hill

SAFFRON WALDEN

TL5438 CHATERS HILL 669-1/2/92 (East side) 01/11/72 Nos.1 AND 2

GV II

2 houses, built as a semi-detached pair. Early C19 with later C19 and C20 ground floor additions. Gault brick, slate roof. U plan including additions. 2 storeys, basements. W front elevation: No.2 has C19 cast-iron spear headed railings. First floor 4 window range, ground floor 3 windows, centre one blocked, outer front doorways. All windows sashes with glazing bars, 3x4 panes, some old glass remains. Doorways recessed, semicircular over-lights. Doors have 6 moulded recessed panels, boot scrapers on approach steps. Basements lit by 5x4 paned segment-headed sash windows with cover grilles. Stucco string between floors, hipped roof with broad eaves, central stack. N end, (No.1) has slated lean-to, secondary but similar brick with single segment headed sash window. Rear E elevation: 4 window range similar to front except outer first floor windows deep, 3x6 panes. Second stack through roof pitch. Ground floor additions, No.1, lean-to with fully glazed C20 door and adjacent C20 single light casement window, similar window on adjacent S face. No.2, addition gabled with C20 2-light casement window 2x4 panes, adjacent S face, C20 door with upper glazing 3x3 panes, 2 lower panels. Small C20 single-light casement window in house wall to S. Two 3x4 paned sash windows between C20 additions. S end elevation: plain except for pair of large recessed panels in brickwork and small C20 first floor casement window. N end elevation: similar panels as on S end, now partly covered by C19 lean-to with slate and, now, corrugated iron roof. Lean-to meets garden wall to street, flint cobble but with W end rebuilt in gault brick and C19 flush panelled doorway inserted with gault brick surround. INTERIOR: plain except that No.2 still has marble chimney piece in ground floor front room.

Listing NGR: TL5429338653