DUCKLAKE
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1102721
- Date first listed:
- 09-Jun-1952
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 04-Mar-1985
- Statutory Address:
- DUCKLAKE, 27, SPRINGHEAD
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- DUCKLAKE, 27, SPRINGHEAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- North Hertfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Ashwell
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 26926 39911
Details
In the entry for
8/57 ASHWELL SPRING HEAD
(west side)
Ashwell
Ducklake (formerly listed as
Ducklake farmhouse)
the item shall be amended to read
ASHWELL SPRING HEAD
(west side)
Ashwell
No 27 (Ducklake) (formerly
listed as Ducklake Farmhouse)
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TL 2639 ASHWELL SPRING HEAD
(West side)
Ashwell
8/57 Ducklake
9.6.52
GV II*
House. Two hall houses joined in one long range. Late C15 or early C15
origin on N; C16 origin on S. Timber frame. Roughcast walls. Plain tile
roofs. 2 storeys. 3 plus 3 bays, the two houses joined by c.1600. E
elevation has 8 windows, a mixture of early C19 flush sash windows and,
in centre, C17 leaded casements. Central early C19 fielded panel door
with flat hood on scrolled brackets. S gable end has a large venetian
sash window inserted by Sir Albert Richardson in 1930s. House is divided
internally into two parts of identical size by a very unusual skewed
transverse frame. In the 1st room from the S on the ground floor is a
good C16 figured and decorative wall painting covering studwork and an
ogee-headed door frame, a free geometrical design with a scrollwork
frieze containing classical grotesques holding cartouches. (RCHM
Typescript).
Listing NGR: TL2692639911
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 162188
- 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
