Westwick Row Farmhouse

Date:
31 Mar 2004
Location:
Westwick Row Farmhouse, Westwick Row, St Michael, St Albans, Hertfordshire, HP2 4UB
Reference:
IOE01/10519/34
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

TL 00 NE ST MICHAEL WESTWICK ROW (north east side)

8/311 Westwick Row Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse. C15 2-bay cruck house with C16 and C17 additions.

Large and small block joined. Painted brick and plaster. Plain tile roofs. 2-storey 2-window block on left; 1-storey-and- attics, 2-window block on right. At join of upper and lower parts is a large Cl7 cruciform red brick stack, in front of which is a gabled dormer and beneath a door. C20 glazing bar casements. The right block contains the 2 cruck bays and, at the right end, a contemporary 2-storey bay, perhaps built as a grain store. Formerly there were 2 more crucks in space of present left block. The two bays have 3 crucks, which are continuous from floor to ridge and are joined longtitudinally by long curved wind braces. Left block is late C17 and has ovolo moulded floor beams and fireplace bressumer (RCHM Typescript).

Listing NGR: TL0935006602

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/0871 IOE Records taken by A Gude; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr A. Gude. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project

People & Organisations

Photographer: Gude, A.

Rights Holder: Gude, A.

Keywords

Plaster, Tile, Timber, Medieval Farmhouse, Tudor Domestic, Agricultural Dwelling, Dwelling, House, Agriculture And Subsistence, Farm Building, Agricultural Building, Cruck House, Monument (By Form), Timber Framed House, Timber Framed Building