Description

TL 4216 WIDFORD NETHER STREET (east side) Widford village

4/8 Chestnut Tree Cottage (formerly The Laurels) -

GV II

House. C18, altered in early C19. Red brick plastered on front colourwashed at sides. Steep red tiled roof and front porch, pantile rear lean-to. A tall 2 storeys and attics house, 3 windows wide, facing W. 2 room and central lobby plan with 2 external gable chimneys in red brick. Nearly symmetrical front has 2 gabled dormers with bargeboards and 2-light Gothick casements. On First Floor a 2-light casement over the porch flanked by 3-light flush casements. Similar casement to right of porch but 2-light French windows to left. These have same pointed Gothick head to each light as all the windows. Square projecting gabled porch with high pointed arched opening and small pointed window in each flank wall. 6-panel half glazed door. The porch is off-centre to the window over. An historic picturesque Gothick house of great importance in the group in this part of the Conservation Area.

Listing NGR: TL4206116009

External Links

• Wikidata Q26471522

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)