GRIST HOUSE FARM

Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1101227
Date first listed:
19-Mar-1987
Statutory Address:
GRIST HOUSE FARM, LEIGHTON BUZZARD ROAD (A4146)

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Location

Statutory Address:
GRIST HOUSE FARM, LEIGHTON BUZZARD ROAD (A4146)

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

County:
Hertfordshire
District:
Dacorum (District Authority)
Parish:
Great Gaddesden
National Grid Reference:
TL 04434 09928

Details

GREAT GADDESDEN LEIGHTON BUZZARD ROAD(A4146) TL 00 NW (West side) Water End 5/110 Grist House Farm -

GV II

Farmhouse, now a private house. Circa 1700, NW extension in angle of house and rear wing c.1800 and brick rear wall. Timber frame on brick sill in Flemish-bond, lower sill on S side in English-bond. Roughcast front and sides, red brick rear wall. Steep hipped old red tile roof. Slate roofed lean-to on N end, rustic timber 2-bays loggia on S end. A square, 2-storeys and cellar house, set back from road, facing E, with 2 windows to each floor. Flush box sash windows with 2/2 panes, deeper on ground floor. Half-glazed early C19 flush beaded panelled door in centre with moulded wooden surround and later gabled rustic porch. Originally L-shaped with 2 windows, central-chimney S range. Transomed 2-light casement windows. Extended to square double-pile plan with chimneys on mid-wall and central entrance and staircase. Interior: has unjowled posts to frame, chamfered axial beams in front range, original moulded plank door.

Listing NGR: TL0443409928

Legacy

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

Legacy System number:
157889
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.

End of official listing

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Date: 04 Jul 2004
Reference: IOE01/12399/19
Rights: Copyright IoE Mr Anthony Sidell. Source Historic England Archive
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