Description

TG 01 NE LYNG PRIMROSE GREEN

4/33 Lyng House 4.12.51 - II

Farmhouse. 1734 engraved on a west gable tie-ends. The tie-ends form initials I.B. Brick with pantile roofs. Rectangular main block with lower, yet contemporary, service wing to side. 2 storeys with attic. Service wing one storey with attic. High quality brickwork with black headers forming vertical stripes between window bays. Symmetrical main block of 7 bays with a central late C18 raised and fielded panelled door with a pedimented doorcase on pilasters. Blind window above with a Norwich Union insurance plaque No.10282. Modern aluminium windows in original openings. 2 surviving late C18 sash windows with glazing bars flanking front door. These windows have been rendered blind by the late C18 entrance hall which has plaster coved niches filling the window spaces. Skewback arches to ground floor windows. Plaster coved cornice. Gable-end stacks, the eastern stack with angled shafts, possibly surviving from an earlier structure. Service wing with one original 4-light mullion and transom window beneath a skewback arch. Plaster coved cornice. 2 late C19 gabled dormers with shaped barge boards. Later additions to side,front and rear. Interior mainly late C18 with one surviving duck's nest fire grate and several surrounds with pilasters and moulded and carved mantel pieces. Hall with York stone floor and staircase of square section balusters on open string with shaped tread ends and swept handrail. Original butt-purlin roof.

Listing NGR: TG0704316243

External Links

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability