1, 3 AND 5, CHURCH GREEN
1, 3 AND 5, CHURCH GREEN
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1175376
- Date first listed:
- 24-Nov-1966
- List Entry Name:
- 1, 3 AND 5, CHURCH GREEN
- Statutory Address:
- 1, 3 AND 5, CHURCH GREEN
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2001-08-14
- Reference:
- IOE01/04855/32
- Rights:
- © Mr A. Gude. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1175376
- Date first listed:
- 24-Nov-1966
- List Entry Name:
- 1, 3 AND 5, CHURCH GREEN
- Statutory Address 1:
- 1, 3 AND 5, CHURCH GREEN
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:
- 1, 3 AND 5, CHURCH GREEN
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- East Hertfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Benington
- National Grid Reference:
- TL2983423612
Details
TL 2923
11/13
24.11.66
Benington
BENINGTON
CHURCH GREEN
(south side)
Nos 1, 3, and 5
GV
II
House, now 3 houses. C16 or earlier open hall house, said to
have been parish priest's house until 1636. Storeyed 2-bay later
C16 extension at W. Gabled jettied, 2-bay crosswing at E early
C17, divided into 2 houses and No 5 built at W end in matching
style in mid C19. Timber frame exposed on upper floor of E cross
wing but roughcast generally. No 5 probably of brick under the
roughcast. Steep old red tile roofs. Corrugated sheet roof to
outhouse wing at rear of No 1, replacing thatch. An L-shaped
group facing N. One and a half storeys E crosswing. Oldest part
in middle is a 3-bay structure with hall in 2 W bays and heavy
timbering and tension bracing exposed in E bay (No 1). Hall
floored in stages with early C17 chamfered axial beam in middle
bay with ogee and bar stops. Later floor and lateral chimney
projecting to rear in W bay. Roof raised but old jowled bay
posts remain. Well-finished heavy timbering in W 2-bay C16
extension, of one and a half storeys from beginning. Framed
opening over tie-beam in E gable possibly an entrance for ladder
from still open end-bay of hall. Cut off braces to crossbeam
supporting upper floor. C19 internal gable chimney with stair
position in NW corner. This wing has hollow chamfers worked on
tie beams but lower part my have been service rooms. C17 jettied
E parlour wing of 2 bays designed with one room on each floor and
large external rear gable chimney. Close studding and clasped-
purlin roof. Irregular frontage with roofs stepping up from
middle. 6 flush casement windows and 3 boarded doors. Gabled
dormer over door to middle part and 2 to right. 5 gabled dormers
at rear. (RCHM (1911) 52).
Listing NGR: TL2983423612
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 159601
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
Inventory of the Historical Monuments of Hertfordshire, (1910)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 25-Jun-2026 at 00:14:34.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.