11 AND 12, LEIGHTON BUZZARD ROAD (A4146)

GREAT GADDESDEN LEIGHTON BUZZARD ROAD (A4146) TL 0310 (West side) 10/134 Nos. 14, and 15 26.1.67 (formerly listed as No 11/12 Water End and 13 Water, End)

GV II

House, now 2 houses. N wing C17, N-S wing C18/C19 rebuilding or casing of older hall range, taller parlour block at S mid C17, C19 lower extension at W end of N wing. Timber frame with yellow brick as infill panels and as casing to ground floor. Thin red brick infill to frame of parlour wing. Steep old red tile roofs. An irregular, L-shaped, 1 1/2-storeys house facing E with 2-storeys and attic parlour wing at S end and 2-bays N wing running W along roadside, with single-storey short extension beyond a gable chimney. 2 gabled dormers to N wing and 4-light transomed C18 casement, lattice leaded with stepped head in N gable of hall range. E side has a side-gable and small gabled porch at N end. Lean-to open timber porch to door and small Cl9 window beside inglenook at junction with parlour wing. Single wide-bay to parlour wing with axial chamfered beams and ogee plus nick stops. Collar and clasped- purlin roof, with straight wind-braces, and straight braces in walls. Round-arched fireplace and winding stair beside it. 2-light lattice leaded casements.

Listing NGR: TL0351310655