Western Cottage
WESTERN COTTAGE, 76, HIGH STREET
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1123790
- Date first listed:
- 25-Jun-1974
- List Entry Name:
- Western Cottage
- Statutory Address:
- WESTERN COTTAGE, 76, HIGH STREET
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2002-03-28
- Reference:
- IOE01/06548/04
- Rights:
- © Mr Frank Swift. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1123790
- Date first listed:
- 25-Jun-1974
- List Entry Name:
- Western Cottage
- Statutory Address 1:
- WESTERN COTTAGE, 76, HIGH STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- WESTERN COTTAGE, 76, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Essex
- District:
- Braintree (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Kelvedon
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 86128 18752
Details
KELVEDON HIGH STREET TL 8618-8718 (south-east side)
10/203 No. 76 (Western 25.6.74 Cottage)
GV II
House. C15, altered in C16, C18 and C19. Timber framed, plastered, roofed with handmade red plain tiles. 4 bays facing till, comprising 2-bay hall with stack of c.1600 in right bay against front wall, originally storeyed service bay to right, with C19 internal stack at end, parlour bay with late c16 inserted floor to left. C18 1½ storey wing with end stack behind main stack, with hipped gambrel roof of slate; C19 single-storey lean-to extension with internal stack to left of it, roofed with slate. C19 small lean-to extension at left end, extending round rear corner, roofed with tiles. One storey with attics. One C20 splayed bay, one late c19 sash with marginal lights, one mid-C19 sash of 6 lights; 2 similar late c19 sashes in gabled dormers. 6-panel door with moulded architrave and simple hood on profiled brackets. Both stacks rebuilt to reduced section at top in C19. The hall has one curved display brace trenched into studs at the left end, an original doorway to the parlour at the rear end of this partition and an inserted doorway at the front end. Inserted floor comprising one chamfered transverse beam, pegged clamp at the left end, and C20 axial beam. Wide wood-burning hearth with seat recess at left, cupboard recess at right, angled tunnel for salt at rear, chamfered and mitred mantel beam with later cut-out, and chamfered jambs of 0.33 brickwork. The parlour has a late C16 pegged clamp against the right partition, otherwise mainly plastered. The original cross-entry is still open and in use; arched doorhead over front door removed, 2 arched doorheads to service bay partly present. Original partition between service rooms, with one inserted doorway. Chamfered and cambered central tiebeam of hall, with later cut-out for hearth (now blocked), severed for doorway, with crownpost (mainly concealed) with 4-way arched braces. 2 other internal tiebeams severed for doorways; part of rear wallplate removed where C18 extension abuts. Jowled posts. Hardwood floorboards, some exceptionally wide. Crownpost roof complete, heavily smoke-blackened over hall. See No. 1, The Chase, item 10/136. RCHM 20.
Listing NGR: TL8612818752
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 116511
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 16-Jul-2026 at 13:34:44.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.