Burge End Farmhouse
BURGE END FARMHOUSE, 4, BURGE END LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1175262
- Date first listed:
- 27-May-1968
- List Entry Name:
- Burge End Farmhouse
- Statutory Address:
- BURGE END FARMHOUSE, 4, BURGE END LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1175262
- Date first listed:
- 27-May-1968
- List Entry Name:
- Burge End Farmhouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- BURGE END FARMHOUSE, 4, BURGE END 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:
- BURGE END FARMHOUSE, 4, BURGE END LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- North Hertfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Pirton
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 14384 32333
Details
PIRTON BURGE END LANE TL 13 SW (East side)
1/138 No. 4 27.5.68 (Burge End Farmhouse)
GV II
Farmhouse. Early C17; in late C18 refaced in brick, extended both ends, subdivided and fireplaces added. Timber frame on stuccoed sill, roughcast and brick built W wing. Steep old red tile roof hipped over W end. A 2-cells and outshut, 2-storeys and attic, lobby entrance, internal chimney plan house facing N into farmyard, with gabled stair turret to rear of chimney, added 2-storeys W wing and lean-to E extension. N front is 3-windows wide with 2-lights flush casement windows to 1st floor and 3-lights to ground floor (2-lights to LH). W wing of red brick chequered with black brick over a roughcast apron and plinth. Entrance in middle of roughcast part with early C19 5-panels flush beaded door (fielded cross-panel in middle), reeded surround with corner blocks and flat hood on shaped brackets. Plan has original parlour in room, hall/kitchen in E room with outshut at rear which has a wide fireplace and domed brick oven. Axial beams, exposed framing with close-spaced studs, long straight tension braces cut into backs of studs, straight windbraces. Original staircase with closed-string, square newels with half-baluster, symmetrical balusters, heavy rounded handrail, obelisk finials. Massive posts and straight braces to tie-beams. On 1st floor a chamfered brick fireplace in chamber over parlour with depressed 4-centred head, blocked 3-lights S window with exposed timber frame. S wall of chamber over hall has blocked 3-lights ovolo-moulded mullioned window with iron intermediate bars. Moulded plank doors with iron hinges. Clasped-purlin roof with thin almost straight braces. (RCHM Typescript).
Listing NGR: TL1438432333
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 163148
- 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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