Three Gables

Three Gables is an 18th-century house located in Little Munden. It is constructed of red brick with black headers, while the upper parts of the rear and front walls are timber framed and now exposed with pargetting panels. The house has a slate roof and is one and a half storeys tall, featuring a two-room layout with end chimneys. It faces south and has a symmetrical front with two windows, a six-panel door in the middle, and three gabled dormers at the eaves. The three-light casement windows have been renewed. The parlour is located on the west side, and there is a later single-storey extension made of slate and red brick at the east end. Inside, there is a winding stair at the rear of the entrance lobby. A 20th-century single-storey brick flat-roofed extension has been added to the rear. The gable end walls have a plinth, four small segmental arched windows, and an internal gable chimney. The largest chimney is at the east end, featuring an inglenook on the ground floor with a chamfered and stopped oak lintel. The parlour has a smaller fireplace with a curved back and chamfered lintel. The house also showcases chamfered cross-beams with exposed square-section joists, making it an unusual example of mixed construction in brick and timber frame.