ALSWICK HALL
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II
List Entry Number: 1101335
Date first listed: 19-Oct-1951
Statutory Address: ALSWICK HALL, HARE STREET ROAD
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Location
Statutory Address: ALSWICK HALL, HARE STREET ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Hertfordshire
District: East Hertfordshire (District Authority)
Parish: Buntingford
National Grid Reference: TL 37741 29409
Summary
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
TL 32NE BUNTINGFORD HARE STREET ROAD
(south side)
4/8 Alswick Hall
19.10.51
GV II
Country house. C16 E range, early C17 main range with front
altered in early C19 and then largely rebuilt after fire in
1950s. Timber frame on brick plinth largely exposed timbers with
roughcast panels, and fan pargetting also on E wing. Steep old
red tile roofs. A large 2-storeys T-plan house with main range
facing W over brick revetted terrace above remains of moat.
Through-passage near middle, with service end to N with external
gable chimney, hall to S with rear lateral fireplace backing onto
fireplace in brewhouse in E wing. Parlour at S end with external
gable chimney. Stair tower in SE angle of wings with entrance
from hall. 2-storeys E wing on rising slope with one and a half
storeys part with 2 gabled dormer on each side. 9 windows long W
front with cross windows and leaded glazing (windows renewed),
chamfered red brick plinth, large gabled porch with double doors,
and paired tall square chimney shafts set diagonally on chimneys
at each end. Exposed framing of rear wall shows the house to
have been heightened by 1 metre. Interior had 4-centred moulded
stone fireplace in parlour, and C16 clasped-purlin roofs to E
range. Large Composite Order stone capital used as wellhead next
S end of house. (RCHM (1911) 139 No 4: VCH (1914) 80-1: RCHM
Typescript).
Listing NGR: TL3774129409
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number: 159741
Legacy System: LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Doubleday, AH, The Victoria History of the County of Hertford, (1914), 80-1
Other
Inventory of the Historical Monuments of Hertfordshire, (1910)
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