The Lawns and Linked Outbuildings to South

THE LAWNS AND LINKED OUTBUILDINGS TO SOUTH, KINGS WALDEN ROAD

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1103210
Date first listed:
24-Oct-1988
List Entry Name:
The Lawns and Linked Outbuildings to South
Statutory Address:
THE LAWNS AND LINKED OUTBUILDINGS TO SOUTH, KINGS WALDEN ROAD

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1103210
Date first listed:
24-Oct-1988
List Entry Name:
The Lawns and Linked Outbuildings to South
Statutory Address 1:
THE LAWNS AND LINKED OUTBUILDINGS TO SOUTH, KINGS WALDEN ROAD

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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:
THE LAWNS AND LINKED OUTBUILDINGS TO SOUTH, KINGS WALDEN ROAD

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

County:
Hertfordshire
District:
North Hertfordshire (District Authority)
Parish:
Offley
National Grid Reference:
TL 14356 26948

Details

OFFLEY KINGS WALDEN ROAD TL 1426 (West side) Great Offley

13/105 The Lawns and linked - outbuildings to S

GV II

Stable and gardener's house, now a house and linked outbuildings. 2 C18 brick buildings of similar size, the N one greatly enlarged in early C19 as a secondary residence to Offley Place and linked to the S building and its attached outhouses. Red brick to S building with steep old red tile roof. N building similar brickwork to S part but refronted and continued on E and N by chequered red brick with black headers and hipped slate roof. The S building is of 1 1/2-storeys facing E with internal gable chimneys serving the upper floor with gable-end windows. E front has central blocked doorway, 2 windows with casements, and 2 upper recesses to give the effect of a 2-storeys elevation. Central round-arched doorway at rear now blocked. Single-storey outbuildings at S end. Single-storey enclosed link corridor to main house. The N building is of 2 storeys and cellar, 4 windows long, facing E with entrance below 2nd window from S. Recessed sash windows with 8/8 panes. 6-panels door and doorcase with open pediment and elaborate fanlight. Internal gable chimneys at N and S, and large rear NW wing with 3 separate hipped roofs at different levels. On N front a semi-circular elaborate fanlight above a window formerly a N entrance. The S bay of the E front range is older with much lower floor levels ignored by regular refronting. The floor cuts across the ground floor window and the upper window is a dummy. Entrance into a stone paved hall with stair at rear. Formerly 2 rooms to N now thrown together. Wide recess in W wall of N part probably for a buffet. 6-panel moulded doors and architraves with corner blocks. 2-panel C18 doors in upper part of S end. Panelled shutters in splayed reveals of windows in C19 part.

Listing NGR: TL1435626948

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Legacy System number:
163115
Legacy System:
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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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