LONG MEADOW WOODENE
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1100824
- Date first listed:
- 27-Jul-1972
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 03-Oct-1985
- Statutory Address:
- LONG MEADOW, NOTTINGHAM ROAD
- Statutory Address:
- WOODENE, NOTTINGHAM ROAD
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- LONG MEADOW, NOTTINGHAM ROAD
- Statutory Address:
- WOODENE, NOTTINGHAM ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- Three Rivers (District Authority)
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 02603 94178
Details
TQ 09 SW RICKMANSWORTH NOTTINGHAM ROAD
(Southwest side)
Heronsgate
8/206 Long Meadow
27.7.72 and Woodene (The latter was previously
listed as Wood Dane)
GV II
Pair of semi-detached houses. 1846-7 for Chartist Co-operative Land
Company. Stuccoed brick. Welsh slate roof. 2 storey pedimented central
block with slightly recessed wings, originally 1 storey, 1:2:1, an
arrangement not found in other Chartist settlements. Sashes to Woodene,
casements to Long Meadow, some glazing bars. In pediment a rectangular
panel with sides extended downwards, a sign used throughout
O'Connorville. Original entrance on right gable end of 1 storey wing
with a pedimental headed surround, now a window. Similar panel in gable.
king to left raised to 2 storeys, sash to front, a further 1 storey
block to left with pedimental headed surround to gable end entrance. 2
storey wing has similar panel in gable over a round light. Axial ridge
stack. Extensions to rear. Interior not inspected. Amongst the best
surviving examples of the houses of O'Connorville founded by Feargus
O'connor, Chartist leader, as the first settlement under his Land Plan,
an important aftermath of Chartism and precursor of Garden Cities. A
school and 35 cottages were built, each with 2 to 4 acres of land.
(Hertfordshire Past and Present, no. 7, p,19, 1967: Pevsner 1977).
Listing NGR: TQ0260394178
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 158850
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Cherry, B, The Buildings of England: Hertfordshire, (1977)
'Hertfordshire Past and Present' in Hertfordshire Past and Present, (1967)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing
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