Bovingdon Cottage Tumbleweed Cottage
BOVINGDON COTTAGE, 86, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1100484
- Date first listed:
- 15-Apr-1975
- List Entry Name:
- Bovingdon Cottage Tumbleweed Cottage
- Statutory Address:
- BOVINGDON COTTAGE, 86, HIGH STREET
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1100484
- Date first listed:
- 15-Apr-1975
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 02-Dec-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Bovingdon Cottage Tumbleweed Cottage
- Statutory Address 1:
- BOVINGDON COTTAGE, 86, HIGH STREET
- Statutory Address 2:
- TUMBLEWEED COTTAGE, 84, 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:
- BOVINGDON COTTAGE, 86, HIGH STREET
- Statutory Address:
- TUMBLEWEED COTTAGE, 84, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- Dacorum (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Bovingdon
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 01530 03637
Details
BOVINGDON HIGH STREET TL 0103 (South side) 10/26 No. 84 (Tumbleweed - Cottage), and No. 86 (Bovingdon Cottage) 15.4.75 (formerly listed as Nos 84 and 86)
- II
House, now 2 houses. C16 possible open hall at No. 86, C17 W extension (No. 84), C19 W part to No. 84. Timber frame on painted brick sill, with painted brick panels between timber exposed on S side of No. 86 and the E front of No. 84. Steep old red tile roofs, No. 86 hipped, flint and slate roofed W extention to No. 84. Possibly a hall range represented by the 2 N bays of No. 86 with cross-passage and service rooms at S end of No. 86. No. 84 has 3 gabled dormers above the eaves and battened door with cast iron plaque for Boxmoor right of pasture on frame. E end of No. 86 faced in painted brick with 3-light casement to 1st floor under a segmental arch. Tiled pentice to ground floor over half-glazed central door and flanking 2-light casement windows. Wide panels of storey height on S flank. Large external brick chimney on W side of No. 86 with offsets and lean-to extension for an oven. Traces of a rear wall chimney on No. 86 near E corner. Gable chimney to timber framed part of No. 84 now enclosed by W extension. 3 bays of frame of No. 86 exposed on E with wider middle bay and 3 panels width to each bay generally and a small C16 upper window. This part has chamfered cross-beams to support the floor. Narrow stair to former attic. Old plank doors and L-hinges. Oak panelling to ground floor rooms. No. 84's timber frame has curved braces to tie beams and clasped purlin roof with collar trusses. (Roberts(1975)No.26).
Listing NGR: TL0153003637
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 157553
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Roberts, E, The Bovingdon Survey, ()
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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