The Three Horseshoes Public House
THE THREE HORSESHOES PUBLIC HOUSE, SPELLBROOK LANE EAST
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1101625
- Date first listed:
- 06-Jun-1952
- List Entry Name:
- The Three Horseshoes Public House
- Statutory Address:
- THE THREE HORSESHOES PUBLIC HOUSE, SPELLBROOK LANE EAST
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1101625
- Date first listed:
- 06-Jun-1952
- List Entry Name:
- The Three Horseshoes Public House
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE THREE HORSESHOES PUBLIC HOUSE, SPELLBROOK LANE EAST
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE THREE HORSESHOES PUBLIC HOUSE, SPELLBROOK LANE EAST
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- East Hertfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Sawbridgeworth
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 48772 17492
Details
Spellbrook 1. 5253 SPELLBROOK LANE EAST (South Side) The Three Horseshoes PH TL 487 174:4/4 6.6.52 II 2. C16 or earlier (reputedly 1446). 1 1/2 storey house set back from road. Timber frame exposed with plastered infill. Steep half hipped thatch roof. 3 rooms in line plan extended 1 bay at E end in C16/C17. Floor inserted in central bays in later C17 creating attic lit by dormer. Gable chimney at W, large internal chimney where later E bay joins house. Door on front (N) opposite chimney and another in W end part. E bay has straight tension brace and upper half of 2 light window with diagonally set oak mullions above later 3 light leaded casement. Gabled tiled dormer in roof slope with 2 light wooden casement. W end part still open to collars of roof inside. Edge halved bridle butt splice in rear wall plate. Gd floor lowered under inserted floor. Parts of framework of partitions remain. E bay has chamfered axial beam with concave stops. Deep, elaborately moulded,lintol to fireplace, possibly a bressumer re-used. Purlin roof construction. Buildings added to S with fake timberframing are modern. An interesting survival. Picturesque.
Listing NGR: TL4877217492
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 160852
- 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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