Goodies Saddledon

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TL 8422-8522 COGGESHALL EAST STREET (north side)

9/91 Nos. 11 (Goodies), 13, 31.10.66 and 15 (Saddledon) (formerly listed as Nos. 11, 13 and 15)

GV II

House, now shop and 2 houses. Late C14, altered in early C16, C17, C19 and C20. Timber framed, plastered, roofed with handmade red plain tiles. Main range facing S, with internal stack at right end. original 3-bay crosswing to left, with early C19 external stack to left of it, and C16 axial stack and one-bay extension to rear. C17 stair tower to rear of right end, C17 rear wing to left of it with axial stack, and pantiled single-storey extension beyond. 2-storey lean-to extension with slate roof to right of this wing, in line with stair tower. 2-storey lean-to extension with slate roof to right of crosswing, and single-storey lean-to extension roofed with modern interlocking tiles to rear and to right of it. 2 storeys. The front elevation is early C19, comprising 3 shops of the period and a separate doorway; 2 of the shops (nos. 13 and 15) have been converted to residential use. No. 11 (Goodies) has 2 altered shop windows of 3 transomed lights, a central early C19 half-glazed door with blocked overlight, and a simple moulded fascia. To right of it is an early C19 half- glazed door in a recessed porch with panelled jambs and soffit, heavily reeded architrave with paterae, and repaired flat canopy. No. 13 has an altered shop window of 3 transomed lights, and an early C19 half-glazed door and overlight with serpentine tracery. No. 15 (Saddledon) has 2 altered shop windows of 3 and 2 vertical lights, and a central C20 half-glazed door with early C19 overlight and serpentine tracery. A continuous moulded fascia spans these 2 shops. First floor, 3 early C19 sashes of 16 lights. Hipped roof, rebuilt. In left return, one C19 horizontal sash of 24+9 lights. One in-pitch rooflight over no. 11, and another in left hip. No. 11 has a cut-back jetty, chamfered binding beams with step stops, and plain joists of horizontal section jointed to them with central tenons. Much of the internal studding has been removed, leaving evidence of a former through-passage at the right, and a transverse partition to left of it. 3 diamond mortices of unglazed window to left of middle bay, converted to a glazed window with 2 moulded mullions, and later blocked. A post at the right side has an original splayed and undersquinted scarf. Cambered tiebeam with mortices for arched braces and crownpost, missing. Roof rebuilt in C20. The rear extension has re-used plain joists of horizontal section, one of which has the matrix of a C13 notched lap joint, and a late C19 cast iron grate on the upper floor. In the former hall is an early C16 inserted floor comprising moulded joists, and moulded beams and clamps with spiral-leaf carving. Interior of no. 13 not inspected. In no. 15 most of the timber structure is concealed by interior finishes, revealing only trenched bracing and studding in the upper right wall, and studding on the upper part of the stair tower. A face-halved and bladed scarf in the front wallplate implies that the walls of the hall have been raised in the C17 to align with the crosswings. No. 15 has an early C19 straight stair with turned newels and stick balusters, and on the first floor a pine 2-panel door. RCHM 65.

Listing NGR: TL8509022588

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