The Old Cottage (Opposite Darrs Lane)
THE OLD COTTAGE (OPPOSITE DARRS LANE)
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1174908
- Date first listed:
- 02-Dec-1986
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Cottage (Opposite Darrs Lane)
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD COTTAGE (OPPOSITE DARRS LANE)
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1174908
- Date first listed:
- 02-Dec-1986
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Cottage (Opposite Darrs Lane)
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE OLD COTTAGE (OPPOSITE DARRS LANE)
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:
- THE OLD COTTAGE (OPPOSITE DARRS LANE)
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- Dacorum (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Northchurch
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 96818 08082
Details
NORTHCHURCH SHOOTERS WAY SP 90 NE (South side) 3/238 The Old Cottage - (opposite Darrs Lane)
- II
House. C16, E part C17, renovated and single-storey W extension 1984. Timber frame on stucco sill, roughcast with steep old red tile roofs, half hipped at W. A single-cell house facing N with large flint and brick external E gable chimney offset as if to allow for a gable entrance beside it. Extended to E with new lobby entrance in C17 with new fireplace in narrow red brick. Irregular N front with small leaded casement windows recessed and door in middle. Jowled posts with curved braces to tie beams. Clasped purlin roof with collar- and queen-strut trusses in former end walls. Straight wind braces to very heavy purlins. Flat layed rafters. Crossbeams and chamfered axial, floor beam. Mortices for wattle and daub infill and central 4-light diamond mullioned window under tie-beam. Wide open fireplace. Associated with novelist Ivy Compton-Burnett.
Listing NGR: SP9681808082
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 157771
- 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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