1 AND 3, DUCK LANE
1 AND 3, DUCK LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1175425
- Date first listed:
- 31-May-1984
- List Entry Name:
- 1 AND 3, DUCK LANE
- Statutory Address:
- 1 AND 3, DUCK LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1175425
- Date first listed:
- 31-May-1984
- List Entry Name:
- 1 AND 3, DUCK LANE
- Statutory Address 1:
- 1 AND 3, DUCK 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:
- 1 AND 3, DUCK LANE
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:
- TL2991723723
Details
TL 2923
11/3
Benington
BENINGTON
DUCK LANE
(north side)
Nos 1 and 3
GV
II
House, sub-divided during C19. Late C16, C19 trim. Timber
frame roughcast with steep old red tile roof. A 2-storeys, 3-
cell, central-chimney, lobby-entry plan house facing S. End
jetty at E gable now underbuilt. Ornate ceiling to ground floor
hall in middle with unheated parlour on E, and service room at W
beyond chimney. Stair probably by chimney on N originally but
separate straight flights provided in end rooms in C19. 4-windows
front with old oak plank door in line with chimney a third from W
end. Rectangular bay window to left with gabled porch to door
next W corner. 3 3-light, flush casement windows to right.
Eaves project with plastered soffit. Interior has exposed close-
studding with curved tension-braces, chamfered axial joists in
parlour, double-roll moulded axial beam in hall with stop
chamfered joists (one with ovolo moulded chamfer on one side) and
double-roll moulded cross-beam next fireplace (part of chimney
lintol remains for open fireplace now blocked), holes for bench
supports in partition at upper end of hall, curved braces to tie-
beam next chimney on 1st floor, edge-halved scarf joints with
bridled butts in wall plates, clasped-purlin roof, and old
boarded doors with strap hinges to larder and rear door. A small
C16, 2-storeys, house of considerable quality.
Listing NGR: TL2991723723
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 159606
- 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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