BENINGTON BURY AND PETERSCOURT
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II*
List Entry Number: 1101374
Date first listed: 20-Oct-1952
Date of most recent amendment: 31-May-1984
Statutory Address: BENINGTON BURY AND PETERSCOURT, WALKERN ROAD
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Location
Statutory Address: BENINGTON BURY AND PETERSCOURT, WALKERN ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Hertfordshire
District: East Hertfordshire (District Authority)
Parish: Benington
National Grid Reference: TL 29734 23913
Summary
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
Benington
TL 2923 BENINGTON WALKERN ROAD
(west side)
11/5 Benington Bury,
and Peterscourt
20.10.52 (formerly listed as
The Bury)
GV II*
Rectory, now 2 houses. 1637 for Nathaniel Dod rector (date panel
on porch and inscription in church chancel). Extended c1680, and
in mid C19 for Rev Haggard. Sold 1914 and renamed Peterscourt.
Named The Bury in 1950's, and divided in 1980's. Red brick with
front plastered, and stone dressings to C19 work. Steep red tile
roofs. Built as a 2-storeys and attics, central-chimney, lobby-
entry, 2-cell plan house facing E with symmetrical red brick
front with 2-storeys porch and 2 gables with moulded parapet and
finials at apex and feet, and mullioned wood windows with labels.
Moulded string at ground floor and plain bond below front
parapet. Ovolo moulded mullioned and transomed windows. C19
cross-windows in 1st floor, some replacing C18 sashes (Buckler
dwg in HRO of 1832). Porch has pilasters on bases, below an
entablature with swelled frieze and triangular pediment.
Chanelled rustication to quoins on upper part. 6-panel ovolo-
moulded battened oak door in heavy chamfered frame. N wing,
probably c1680, extends the front, with minor differences, by one
gable. Timber-framed walls on each side of main staircase
suggests that the N wing was part of the original plan. Rear
wing of 1680 has a parlour and staircase. Front range retained
when S end and rear altered and extended in C19 red brick lancet-
Gothick, and chimneys rebuilt. Good interiors to main range with
4-centred chamfered red brick fireplaces to hall and chamber
over, and oak stair with square newels and pendants, and table-
leg balusters on landing. (RCHM (1911) 52: VCH (1912) 73:
Pevsner (1977) 95).
Listing NGR: TL2973423913
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number: 159635
Legacy System: LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Doubleday, A, The Victoria History of the County of Hertford, (1912), 73
Pevsner, N, Cherry, B, The Buildings of England: Hertfordshire, (1977), 95
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