Bowers House
BOWERS HOUSE, 1-4, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1102993
- Date first listed:
- 26-Jul-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Bowers House
- Statutory Address:
- BOWERS HOUSE, 1-4, HIGH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1102993
- Date first listed:
- 26-Jul-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Bowers House
- Statutory Address 1:
- BOWERS HOUSE, 1-4, HIGH STREET
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:
- BOWERS HOUSE, 1-4, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- St. Albans (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Harpenden Town
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 13390 14434
Details
TL 1314 SW HARPENDEN HIGH STREET (east side) HARPENDEN
16/53 Bower's House (Nos 1-4) 26.7.51
II*
Now 3 houses with early and late C18 red brick casing. Internally it is a large C16 timber frame house, the centre part possibly a late medieval hall. Plain tile roof. Tripartite range of 3:5:2 flush sash windows. 2 storeys and attics. Centre part is in early C18 vitrified brick with gauged red brick heads. Upper floor windows have rubbed brick aprons with scalloped soffits. Circa 1800 door with fielded and glazed panels and a cut bracket hood. S block has similar detail and 1 hipped dormer; N block is late C18 brick, the upper aprons with chequer patterning. Large C16 red brick chimney stack between S and centre parts: 2 square, 1 polygonal and 1 circular shafts, the last with cut brick spiral pattern. Rear elevation has 2 projecting gable ends, that on S an early C18 stair turret with late C18 casing. C17 lateral stack to rear centre with 2 joined shafts. The original house was in two parts either side of the main stack. Both parts have C16 moulded bearers and the S part was originally jettied on both sides. 1st floor room to S of entrance passage has a good C16 stone fireplace surround with roll-moulded 4-centre arch. Very good open-well staircase with triplets of plain-shafted balusters to each tread. (RCHM (1910); RCHM Typescript).
Listing NGR: TL1339014434
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 163587
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
Inventory of the Historical Monuments of Hertfordshire, (1910)
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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