DIGSWELL LODGE
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1101079
- Date first listed:
- 04-Nov-1980
- Statutory Address:
- DIGSWELL LODGE, DIGSWELL RISE
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- DIGSWELL LODGE, DIGSWELL RISE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- Welwyn Hatfield (District Authority)
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 24019 13782
Details
1.
5260 DIGSWELL RISE
(south side)
Digswell Lodge
TL 21 SW 1/1
II
2.
Built mid C17 by Humphrey Shalcross for his daughter, afterwards a farmhouse, recently
extended for use as a conference centre. A square building of 2 storeys in red brick
with hipped tile roof with a central chimney stack in which the square shafts are
set diagonally. Moulded brick cornice at first floor level. Main elevation has 3
windows to the first floor above 2 to the ground floor, all in brick surrounds which
have obviously been enlarged. Wood mullions and transoms of recent date. Brick
plinth. Two hipped dormer windows to attic storey. One window to the side retains
its original form of 4 mullion lights. Door in modern brick surround. The central
chimney stack, recently restored, has a brick oven incorporated. Interior retains
timber framing. An original plain stone fireplace. (See A Short History of Digswell
Lodge by Dora Ward and Others 1963).
Listing NGR: TL2401913782
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 158241
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Ward, Dora et al, A Short History of Digswell Lodge, (1963)
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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