Numbers 117, 119 the Old Red Lion House, and 121
NUMBERS 117, 119 THE OLD RED LION HOUSE, AND 121, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1174030
- Date first listed:
- 19-Mar-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Numbers 117, 119 the Old Red Lion House, and 121
- Statutory Address:
- NUMBERS 117, 119 THE OLD RED LION HOUSE, AND 121, HIGH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1174030
- Date first listed:
- 19-Mar-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Numbers 117, 119 the Old Red Lion House, and 121
- Statutory Address 1:
- NUMBERS 117, 119 THE OLD RED LION HOUSE, AND 121, 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:
- NUMBERS 117, 119 THE OLD RED LION HOUSE, AND 121, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- Dacorum (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Markyate
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 06210 16354
Details
MARKYATE HIGH STREET TL 0616 (East side) 8/164 Nos. 117, 119 (The Old - Red Lion House), and 121
GV II
2 adjacent houses, now 2 houses and a shop. C17 or earlier, C18 brick front, C19 stucco fronts and shopfront to Nos. 119 and 121, and later rear extension. No. 117 was The Star and Garter public house up to c.1970, and No. 119 was The Old Red Lion public house before 1914 (Coote (1977)24). Timber frame, exposed in N end with renewed fancy brick infill, chequered red and grey brick front, stucco plinth, painted stucco facing to Nos. 119 and 121. Steep old red tile roofs. A long 2-storeys block on street front facing W and with S end on corner with Hicks Road. The W front has 2 1st floor windows to each of the 3 parts, No. 117 has end chimneys and a 2-storeys rear wing at NE. The N gable framing shows it originally was jettied to front and has jowled posts, cambered tie beam, clasped-purlin roof on collar with vertical struts and a 4 inches deep brick front in Flemish-bond. The front has 2 2-light Yorkshire sliding casement windows under the eaves, a diamond pattern of red header bricks in middle, applied vermiculated rustication as lintels with raised keystones over lower windows, a flush box sash window with 8/8 panes to LH, and a triple sash with small panes to RH of the 4 panels moulded door in moulded doorcase with corner blocks, paterae, and moulded cornice. No. 119 has 2 transomed casement windows with shutters, and a recessed 3-light window to S of lobby entrance by chimney. No. 121 has 2 sash windows with 3/6 panes over a neat pilastered shop front with canted corner entrance. S gable has a flush box sash window with 6/6 panes under a cusped bargeboard and over a return of the shopfront. Picturesque corner building at beginning of older part of High Street.
Listing NGR: TL0621016354
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 157943
- 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.
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