Laundry Cottages And Water Tower Attached At North End

CODDENHAM SHRUBLAND PARK TM 15 SW 7/40 Nos 1 & 2 Laundry Cottages - and Water Tower attached at north end.(Formerly listed as Water Tower Cottage) - II

Pair of estate cottages, originally a service range of Shrubland Old Hall, which was largely demolished in C19. Dated 1637 on building. 3 cells, 2 storeys. Timber-framed and plastered, largely underbuilt and encased in C19/C20 brickwork now painted. Plaintiled roof with axial chimneys of red brick; at the south gable are original barge boards with carved trailing-leaf ornament; on one side are the initials B over WD, and on the other the date 1637; in the apex is a drop-finial. Mainly C20 small-pane casements and flush entrance doors. Good clasped purlin roof, partly wind-braced. Some plain close-studding exposed internally. A 2-storey C20 extension is attached to the west side. At the north end is a C19 water-tower serving the Shrubland estate; a plain square structure of gault brick, heavily buttressed and with battlemented parapets. The parish boundary with Barham passes through the water tower, the major part of the building being in Barham.

Listing NGR: TM1279352956