160 High Street, Stevenage

Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1101142
Date first listed:
30-Sep-1976
Date of most recent amendment:
02-Sep-2011
Location Description:
160 High Street, Stevenage, Hertfordshire
Statutory Address:
160 High Street, Stevenage, Hertfordshire

Map

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Location

Statutory Address:
160 High Street, Stevenage, Hertfordshire

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

Location Description:
160 High Street, Stevenage, Hertfordshire
County:
Hertfordshire
District:
Stevenage (District Authority)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
TL2346424729

Summary

Early C19 red-brick house.

Reasons for Designation

160 High Street, Stevenage is designated at Grade II for the following principal reason: * Architectural interest: it is a good example of a polite, early C19 town house

History

The house was built in the early C19 on the High Street which is notable for the survival of many C17 houses after a great part of the town was burnt in a fire of 1807.

Details

The two-storey house is constructed of red brick with a brick plinth. The pitched roof, clad in red, clay tiles has a moulded ridge stack on the right gable end. The centrally placed six-panelled door has a fanlight under a semi-circular cutter brick arch, and is flanked by two- over-two pane sash windows under cambered cutter arches. There is another window to the right, and three similar windows on the first floor.

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
158091
Legacy System:
LBS

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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