DANCERS HILL HOUSE
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II
List Entry Number: 1103562
Date first listed: 20-May-1949
Statutory Address: DANCERS HILL HOUSE, DANCERS LANE
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Location
Statutory Address: DANCERS HILL HOUSE, DANCERS LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Hertfordshire
District: Hertsmere (District Authority)
Parish: South Mimms
National Grid Reference: TQ 23508 99378
Summary
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
TQ 29 NW POTTERS BAR DANCERS LANE
(East side)
Dancers Hill
8/200 Dancers Hill House
20.5.49
- II
Large house. c.1750-60. Altered c.1820. Extended and remodelled c.1860 and
after. Built for Charles Ross. Stuccoed brick, slate roof. Elongated
Palladian villa. 3 storeys to original entrance front. Original 5 bays,
1:3:1, slightly projecting central feature. Ground floor: open triple
arcade, groin vault. Principal floor: attached Roman Doric order.
Pilaster strips continue emphasis of centre through cornice to parapet.
2 bays added to right, 5 to left. Glazing bar sashes throughout. False
window, right of centre on 2nd floor. Early C18 ovolo moulded thick
glazing bars on ground floor to right and first floor to left of central
bays. Plat band between 2 lower storeys. Continuous timber modillion
eaves cornice below parapet. Four cross axial stacks and left end stack.
Right return wall has a French window in an aedicular surround. Garden
front: 8 bays, 2 storeys, basement banked up in early C19. 3 bays to
centre of original villa project slightly under pediment. Glazing bar
sashes. Panelled door to right with side and top lights. Far right 3
bays set back with ground floor lean-to conservatory in front. Interior:
saloon on principal floor behind triple arcade which probably led to an
open loggia behind original portico. To left timber pergola link to
brick stores cottage with hipped slate roof. 2 storeys. Dentilled
brick courses. Later extensions. C18 grounds laid out with avenue to
N. (VCH Middlesex 1976)
Listing NGR: TQ2350899378
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number: 164253
Legacy System: LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Cockburn, J S, King, H P F, McDonnell, K G T, The Victoria History of the County of Middlesex, (1976)
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