BENEDICT
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II
List Entry Number: 1102276
Date first listed: 22-Feb-1967
Statutory Address: BENEDICT, 4 AND 5, THE SQUARE
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Location
Statutory Address: BENEDICT, 4 AND 5, THE SQUARE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Hertfordshire
District: East Hertfordshire (District Authority)
Parish: Braughing
National Grid Reference: TL 39758 25205
Summary
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
Braughing village
TL 3925 BRAUGHING THE SQUARE
(north side)
9/56 Nos 4, and 5 (Benedict)
22.2.67
GV II
House, now 2 houses. C16, W part altered in late C17, E part
largely rebuilt in C18. Timber frame roughcast. One and a half
storeys W part thatched above an old red tile slope with 2 gabled
tiled dormers. Higher 2 storeys E part (No 5) thatched with
half-hip to E end and lower rear wing to NE. Fragmentary remains
of a small open-hall house with 2 pairs of posts in No 4 formerly
supporting tie-beams which were removed in late C17 when floor
and chimney were inserted. They mark either a cross-passage, or a
hearth bay. Framing in E wall has heavy curved tension braces
with door position at S end, leading into No 5. S elevation to
The Square, with central plank door to No 4 flanked by 2-light,
flush small-paned casements and similar windows to 2 dormers
over. No 5 now has no front door, and irregularly spaced flush
casement windows (renewed) on each floor. Tall chimney in front
slope roof. (RCHM Typescript).
Listing NGR: TL3975825205
Legacy
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Legacy System number: 161247
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