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BLACKSMITHS COTTAGES IN BLACKSMITH'S YARD

List Entry Summary

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

Name: BLACKSMITHS COTTAGES IN BLACKSMITH'S YARD

List entry Number: 1102470

Location

BLACKSMITHS COTTAGES IN BLACKSMITH'S YARD, 1 AND 2, STEVENAGE ROAD

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

County: Hertfordshire

District: North Hertfordshire

District Type: District Authority

Parish: Wymondley

National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.

Grade: II

Date first listed: 18-Mar-1980

Date of most recent amendment: 18-Mar-1987

Legacy System Information

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Legacy System: LBS

UID: 162782

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List entry Description

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History

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Details

WYMONDLEY STEVENAGE ROAD TL 2127 (South side) Little Wymondley

11/170 Blacksmiths Cottages 18.3.80 Nos. 1, and 2 in Blacksmith's Yard

GV II

House, now 2 houses. Early C17, earliest ref 1643, divided later, one house in C19, 2 in C20, renovated with additions as 2 houses c.1985. Timber frame roughcast on ground floor, dark weatherboarding on 1st floor. Steep pitched roof once thatched now slated with rear slope extending down over outshut. Hipped lean-to roofed low extensions at each end. A 2-storeys, internal chimney, lobby entry plan house in yard off high road facing E. N house No. 1 has a 2-lights flush casement window above a 3-lights window with plank door next RH corner. No. 2 has 2-lights window over plank door to lobby entry in line with internal chimney. Ground floor 3-lights window to LH and projecting stair turret at LH end of front next later external S gable chimney. Interior has exposed timbers with axial chamfered beam and exposed joists. Straight tension braces to corner of frame. Jowled posts. Collar- and queen- strut trusses to clasped-purlin roof. Face-halved bladed scarf joint in wallplate. Roof of 2 bays separated by a narrow chimney and stair bays (inf Mr. Farris).

Listing NGR: TL2137227405

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National Grid Reference: TL 21372 27405

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