The Saddlery

GREAT GADDESDEN LEIGHTON BUZZARD ROAD (A4146) TL 0310 (West side) 10/137 The Saddlery -

GV II

House and shop, now all one house. N wing along roadside c.1600 or earlier, gabled E wing c.1700, and lower S extension in line with it c.1750. Timber frame, cased in painted brickwork, stucco or weatherboarding. Steep old red tile roofs. An L-shaped house, facing W, of 2 storeys and 1 1/2 storeys. Cellar below former shop in E wing facing the road. 2 gabled dormers at eaves on W side of S extension and below a flush box sash window with 10/10 panes to LH and lean-to of painted brick with glazed door. Large internal chimney with C18 top at junction of E wing with S extension. Lower N wing now cased in painted brick on N and painted brick infill on W end with jettied roughcast gable over. This has a sash window of 3/3 panes and 2 2-light casements below. Painted brick outshuts to rear. 2-light fixed window to upper floor of E range on E each of 30 small panes. Interior has exposed framework, remains of jetty along N side of N wing beside the road, and ovolo-moulded plank doors. The upper room of the S extension has an open timber roof and was formerly the village reading room. It has very wide tapered king-posts to its trusses with side purlins carried on principal rafters. Formerly Water End Post Office and Stores.

Listing NGR: TL0356810636