Venus Hill Farm

Description

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

BOVINGDON VENUS HILL TL 00 SW (South side) 6/48 Venus Hill Farm -

GV II

Farmhouse, now a private house. Early C17, extended to S c.1900, E wing c.1960. Timber frame cased in red brick at front, N end to road and rear roughcast with false half timbering added. Steep old red tile roof.

Oldest part of 3 structural bays and 2-storeys facing E. 3 long flush casement windows to 1st floor of 3- and 2-lights. 3 large and 2 small tall windows to ground floor. Small paned casements. Gabled porch to door at S corner of S bay. Large external N gable chimney serves a former ground floor service room with axial joists. Projecting capped-off rear-wall chimney and adjoining stair projection off middle room. Fireplace to S room also into same chimney. Axial chamfered beams to middle and S bay. Timber frame exposed in front and rear walls inside, with jowled posts, squint-butted scarf in wallplate, clasped-purlin roof and straight wind-braces. Cast iron Boxmoor grazing rights plaque No. 607. (Roberts(1975)No.39).

Listing NGR: TL0160501754

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/1845 IOE Records taken by Anthony Sidell; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Anthony Sidell. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project