Numbers 1 And 2 Laundry Cottages And Water Tower Attached At North End

BARHAM SHRUBLAND ESTATE TM 15 SW 3/31 Nos. 1 & 2 Laundry Cottages and Water Tower 9.12.55 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.

Listing NGR: TM1280052949