TOWN FARM HOUSE (ON CORNER OF STORTFORD ROAD)

Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1102312
Date first listed:
23-Nov-1983
Statutory Address:
TOWN FARM HOUSE (ON CORNER OF STORTFORD ROAD), MILL END

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Location

Statutory Address:
TOWN FARM HOUSE (ON CORNER OF STORTFORD ROAD), MILL END

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

County:
Hertfordshire
District:
East Hertfordshire (District Authority)
Parish:
Standon
National Grid Reference:
TL 39641 22538

Details

Standon TL 39 22 STANDON MILL END (east side)

7/3 Town Farm House (on corner of Stortford Road)

GV II

Farmhouse, now a house. Late medieval open hall house; floored and chimney inserted in late C16; brick front and slate roof said to be of 1789 (RCHM Typescript). Timber frame plastered with red brick casing to S front and front half of W end. Steep pitched hipped roof now slated. 2 storeys E crosswing and former open hall of unusual proportions, heightened to 2 storeys throughout in C16 or later. Hall chimney rebuilt in C18 and external E gable chimney added c1789 to heat parlour E of hall. 3 windows brick S front with pilasters, floor band and moulded parapet cornice. Recessed sash windows with 2/2 panes under flat gauged arches with louvred shutters. 6-panel moulded door to left of centre has eliptical blind fanlight and a C19 round-headed porch. External gable chimneys to E and W. Interior has framing of N wall exposed on stair, cambered tie-beam and chamfered arched braces in E wing, and moulded wooden jambs and cambered lintel of hall fireplace probably surviving from an earlier timber framed chimney (RCHM Typescript).

Listing NGR: TL3964122538

Legacy

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

Legacy System number:
161136
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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Date: 02 Sep 1999
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