Stable Block at Briggens House Hotel 15 Metres North of House
STABLE BLOCK AT BRIGGENS HOUSE HOTEL 15 METRES NORTH OF HOUSE, HARLOW ROAD (A414)
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1176287
- Date first listed:
- 19-Sept-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Stable Block at Briggens House Hotel 15 Metres North of House
- Statutory Address:
- STABLE BLOCK AT BRIGGENS HOUSE HOTEL 15 METRES NORTH OF HOUSE, HARLOW ROAD (A414)
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- Date:
- 2002-07-11
- Reference:
- IOE01/07758/25
- Rights:
- © Mr A. Gude. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1176287
- Date first listed:
- 19-Sept-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Stable Block at Briggens House Hotel 15 Metres North of House
- Statutory Address 1:
- STABLE BLOCK AT BRIGGENS HOUSE HOTEL 15 METRES NORTH OF HOUSE, HARLOW ROAD (A414)
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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:
- STABLE BLOCK AT BRIGGENS HOUSE HOTEL 15 METRES NORTH OF HOUSE, HARLOW ROAD (A414)
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- East Hertfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Hunsdon
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 41412 11242
Details
TL 41 SW HUNSDON HARLOW ROAD (A414) (south side)
2/28 Stable Block at Briggens House Hotel 15 metres N - of house
GV II
Stable block. C18, probably 1770 (bell said to be inscribed '1770 Thomas Blackmore Briggins', in Gibbs (1915) 26) for the Blackmore family who enlarged the house, probably at the same time. Grey brick with stone impost band and hipped slate roof with fishscale slates on E side. 2 storeys, 6 windows, former stable block facing W, now part of hotel. Wooden cornice with paired brackets. Rectangular block with 2-window central projection on W with triangular pediment and clockface in tympanum. White wooden square cupola over, topped by low dome and windvane with a fox. Round-headed openings in each face, dentilled cornice and Tuscan columns recessed at each corner. Bell said to be cracked. Recessed sash windows with glazing bars. Gauged brick round arches to Ground floor on W, N and S with stone impost band continued across recesses on N and S ends with Diocletian windows in heads. Front arches now blocked and large sash windows inserted. Entrance now by centre arch of 5 in each end. Rear wall has 7 windows on each floor under gauged brick flat arches. Recessed sash windows with 8/8 panes to Ground floor, lower casement windows above. The 2 oak newel posts noted as reused in the stables (Gibbs (1915) 23) are good examples of Jacobean carving and have been retained. An C18 stable block of special architectural interest and part of a group at Briggens.
Listing NGR: TL4141211242
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 159965
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
Gibbs, (1915)
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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