GURNEYS
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1103216
- Date first listed:
- 27-May-1968
- Statutory Address:
- GURNEYS, GURNEYS LANE
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- GURNEYS, GURNEYS LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- North Hertfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Holwell
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 16532 33523
Details
HOLWELL GURNEYS LANE
TL 1633 (West side)
9/16 Gurneys
27.5.68
GV II
Farmhouse, now a private house. E wing early C16, hall range rebuilt and
W wing added early C17, modernised in early C18 and C19. Timber frame on
black stuccoed plinth, roughcast, with steep old red tile roofs, some
tilehanging to 1st floor at rear. A U-shaped 2-storeys and attics house
in its own grounds, facing S, with crosswings not projecting to front.
Lean-to and gabled rear extensions in keeping. 4 windows wide S front
with projecting gabled porch below 2nd window from W and in line with
large internal chimney with pilaster strips. Flush casement windows with
dripboards over each, rectangular leaded glazing and iron plate
casements. 3-lights windows generally but 2-lights to attic in W wing
gable, over porch, and 4-lights to ground floor of E wing. C18 doorcase
re-used on porch has open pediment, semi-circular head, radial fanlight,
flanking pilasters, and 6-panels fielded door (top 2 glazed). Large
projecting chimney to E side of E wing. Interior has exposed timbers. E
wing has close-studding, clasped-purlin roof, chamfered cross- and axial
beams supporting floor. Stair to rear of wing. Separate structures
side-by-side at junction with hall range rebuilt in early C17 replacing
the medieval hall to which the E wing will have been added. A narrow
structure with axial floor beam original and rectangular fireplace at W
end. Clasped-purlin roof structure, shows no sign of smoke blackening.
No staircase in hall range. Lobby entrance by stack for access to hall
and contemporary W wing with its own rear staircase at NE. Clasped-
purlin roof with long straight wind-braces. Fireplace heating ground
floor of W wing backing onto main stack added in later C17 has curved
back and shaped jambs. Formerly called North Farm. (RCHM Typescript).
Listing NGR: TL1653233523
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 163026
- 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