Description

SAFFRON WALDEN

TL53NW AUDLEY END ROAD, Audley End 669-1/3/346 (South side) 28/11/51 Lion House (Formerly Listed as: AUDLEY END Lion House)

GV II

Formerly known as: House opposite main entrance to Audley End House AUDLEY END. House. Early C19. Red brick, hipped slate roof. Rectangular plan but front centre brought forward in 3 cants. 2 storeys. Front, N elevation: 5 bays, comprising central 3-cant, 3 window range together with narrow single bay blocks each side, separately roofed. All windows of `Gothick' 2-centred arched form with sashes and glazing bars, 4x3 panes plus intersecting `Y' tracery above. Central yellow brick stack at roof apex. Rear elevation: rectangular block with similar central ground and first floor windows, triple sashes with glazing bars, each 1x4,5x4,1x4 panes. Also 2-light ground floor casement window to E, 4x4 panes. W end elevation: rectangular block, 5 window range, first floor, all 5 windows narrow lancets, one to N has original glazing, sash 3x3 panes plus tracery as on front, S end window blocked, central 3, one leaded panes, one single pane, one of 3 panes. Ground floor, 2 similar windows to S, one of leaded panes, one single pane. Central projecting gabled porch with shaped barge-boards and finials, also inner single side lights, lancets with fixed panes. Inner door original, 4-centred arched head, 6 flush bead moulded panels, upper pair shaped to arch and glazed. E end elevation: considerably altered in C20, rectangular block with wide plain recessed inner porch containing 5 C20 doors. To S, C20 single light metal casement window, to N, blocked original lancet window. First floor, S end, broad C19 window similar to those on front elebation, 6x3 panes plus upper tracery. To N, 2 blocked lancet windows similar to one below. INTERIOR: central room, ground floor, has original marble fire surround. Stair at rear of W unit has orignal shaped handrail, turned newel posts and square balusters. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N & Ratcliffe E: Essex: London: 1965-: 65).

Listing NGR: TL5237337995

External Links

• Wikidata Q26490664

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990