9, Church Road

SP 91 NW IVINGHOE CHURCH ROAD

4/48 No.9 (formerly listed as The Old Manor)

18.10.66

GV II

House. C17, altered. Timber frame with regular rectangular panels of old brick infill, old tile roof, early C20 bargeboards. Large C17-C18 brick chimney stack to left of centre, C20 chimney in rebuilt right gable wall. 2 storeys, 5 bays. Left bay has C17 3-light leaded casements. Similar 2-light casement to first floor of right bay. Other windows are early C20 leaded casements in painted wooden frames with 3, 4 or 5 lights. Ground floor casements in 3 centre bays are in shallow rectangular bay windows with lean-to tiled roofs. Lobby entry between bays 2 and 3 has 2-panelled door in early C20 timber framed gabled porch with board dated T.E. 1536. Sun fire insurance plaque. Rear has mid C18 triple gabled extension to right-hand bays, of chequer brick to ground floor and of red brick with blue diapers above first floor band course. Irregular old leaded casements with segmental heads, blocked attic windows. Doors to centre and in left return wall. Remaining bays also have some old leaded casements. Interior: ground floor room to left of fireplace has good C18 panelling; room above has wide C18 floorboards and stop chamfered spine beam; winder stair at left end with shaped splat balusters to landing; windows have various C17-C18 iron catches.

Wrongly marked on OS map as No.2, Vicarage Lane. RCHMII p.157-8 Mon.11.

Listing NGR: SP9458616255