The White Hind House

TL 3517 9/16

THUNDRIDGE ERMINE STREET (east side) Thundridge No 54 (The White Hind House)

GV II

Inn, now a house. C16, probably 1520-60 (RCHM Typescript), altered in early C17, early C18 and 1848 (C19 circular plaques on front "Est 1436", "Rest. 1848"). Timber frame roughcast with ground floor rebuilt in red brick partly roughcast. Steep old red tile roof. On street front. 2-storeys, 4-windows long. Upper floor jettied continuously. Carriageway to yard in right hand part. C19 Tudor battened door under contemporary flat arch with label in left hand part flanked by 2-light and 3-light casement windows in moulded frames. Similar flush casement windows to upper floor. End gable chimneys. Original layout probably a large 2-bay room in middle with 1-bay rooms each end. Present carriageway C19 and not necessarily in the original position. Service rooms at N end with main door in present position. In 1st half of C17, 1-storey and attics E wing added at N end - probably a kitchen - possibly blocking the cross-passage. Contemporary wall painting in middle 1st floor room formerly sub- divided. 1st half C18 a new staircase at N end and quadrant moulded panelling in upper corridor. N end chimney early C18 at latest with stair. In early C19 wide entrance made and new room in NE wing. Old main chimney replaced. Newel stair replaced original at N end. Small extension in return angle and back wall cut away when fireplace put in. SE wing for toilets in late C19 or C20. C17 wall painting of large flowers in infill of truss in NW room on 1st floor. (RCHM Typescript).

Listing NGR: TL3592717387