78, High Street

TL 2826 WALKERN HIGH STREET (west side)

7/14 No 78 (formerly listed as No 78 24.11.66 The Old Hawthornes)

GV II

House. Cl7 or earlier, NE wing early C18. Timber frame on stucco sill, roughcast with steep old red tile roofs. A one and a half storeys, 3-cell, central-chimney plan house with entrance now in E gable end to road. One and a half storeys NE extension with N gable chimney projecting a little. Large central chimney, with oven off middle room, a third from E end. Tall conjoined square shafts above roof. C20 small external chimney on S wall. E front has gable on left with 2-light top hung leaded casement above continuous dripboard at level of eaves. Lean-to timber open porch to oak plank door (renewed). Gabled dormer on the eaves to right with similar 2 light flush casement window below. Gabled dormer to room over middle room, on S side, with 3 small windows to ground floor. Tiled lean-to set back at W end. 3-bay struture with side purl in roof. Similar roof to NE extension. A most picturesque village house.

Listing NGR: TL2889126317