Shipwrights, And Shipwrights Cottage

TL 3129 COTTERED BALDOCK ROAD (south side)

5/8 Shipwrights, and Shipwrights Cottage -

GV II

House, now 2 houses. C16 or earlier gabled crosswing, W range rebuilt c1700, SE wing later. Timber frame plastered with steep thatched roofs. W gable end cased in plastered brick. SE wing of plastered brick with hipped roof. An older 2-storeys crosswing incorporated into a higher 2-storeys, central-chimney, lobby-entry plan house facing N, with half-hipped W gable. Crosswing and SE wing later separated as another house (Shipwrights) with a small porch added to the front of the gabled wing. Large external E side chimney serves crosswing, with a 3- light flush casement front window to each floor on N gable. 2 windows to each floor of W range. 3-light flush casement windows. Half-glazed central door under a gabled porch on posts. Open fireplace and heavy joists to crosswing, possibly originally jettied to front.

Listing NGR: TL3198829300