Summary
House. C16 or earlier re-fronted in the C18, extended in the early C19 and a further L-wing was added to the south-west circa 1900.
Reasons for Designation
Old Surrenden, a two bay C16 timber-framed building, re-fronted in brick and tile in the C18 when an external chimneystack was also added, extended by one bay in the early C19 and with further late C20 additions and alterations, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Date: incorporates a two bay C16 timber-framed house, an early survival of a house of poorer members of society;
* Regional and local characteristics: it is representative of a south-eastern counties rural type of timber-framed house modified in the C18 by re-fronting in brick and tile-hanging;
* Plan form: the original plan form of a two bay house with ground floor and attic and the original upper floor circulation is readable, despite later additions and alterations;
* Interior features: includes C16 floor boards and an C18 open fireplace and ledged plank doors;
* Historic alterations: the C18 re-fronting and early C19 south-west bay add interest as evidence of changing fashions and differing accommodation needs;
* Proportion of survival : a significant proportion of pre-1700 wall frame and an internal partition survive;
* Group Value: part of a group of Grade II listed buildings in Walter's Green Road to which it is functionally and historically related as it once housed farm workers for Walter's Green Farm.
History
Until the 1960s this house was owned by the Stonewall Park Estate and housed agricultural workers from the adjoining Walter's Green Farm. Access to the upper floor is reported to have been by a ladder at the side of the chimney until the 1960s.
Details
House. C16 or earlier re-fronted in the C18, extended in the early C19 and a further L-wing was added to the south-west circa 1900. It was re-fenestrated from the 1950s onwards and modernised in the 1960s. A two storey single bay extension was added in 1974 to the north-east, and in 1984 a single storey extension was added to the south-west and an extension to the north-west. The late C20 extensions are not of special interest.
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