Down Hall
DOWN HALL, MATCHING ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1186292
- Date first listed:
- 14-Dec-1983
- List Entry Name:
- Down Hall
- Statutory Address:
- DOWN HALL, MATCHING ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1186292
- Date first listed:
- 14-Dec-1983
- List Entry Name:
- Down Hall
- Statutory Address 1:
- DOWN HALL, MATCHING ROAD
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:
- DOWN HALL, MATCHING ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Essex
- District:
- Uttlesford (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Hatfield Heath
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 52255 13108
Details
TL 51 SW HATFIELD BROAD OAK MATCHING ROAD
5/113 Down Hall 14.12.83 GV II*
The address shall be amended to read: MATCHING ROAD, HATFIELD HEATH
Down Hall
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TL 51 SW HATFIELD BROAD OAK MATCHING ROAD, HATFIELD HEATH
5/113 Down Hall 14/12/83 GV II*
Mansion of Mannerist Italianate character. 1871-73 by Cockerell the younger. Structure of concrete with stone and stucco and 'scraffito' decorative panels. Main rectangular block of 2 storeys with hipped slate roof. On south west and north west corners are 3 storey pyramid roofed pavilions, linked on ground floor by a colonnaded loggia. Above this is a recessed centre block with originally a balustraded roof terrace now covered by a C20 slate hung third storey. The main south east front has a narrow projecting centre bay and wider projecting corner blocks with rusticated pilasters. In the centre a projecting enclosed porch, with pedimented door case, piers with ball finials and semi- circular sides with curved plate glass windows. Over, a semi-dome with roof light oculus. Above the projecting centre is a raised attic, with open pediment and blank Diocletian arch motif with central circular window. The first floor has double hung sash windows with single central glazing bars. Ground floor has large mullioned and transomed windows with large plate glass glazing. Large stacks with a pair of Tuscan columns attached to a central brick block. Projecting from the north west corner is a 2 storey service wing, with similar decoration and 2 pedimented projections each with blind Diocletian arch motif. This has a block parapet and hipped slate roof. Quadrant walls with piers and urn finials project forward to enclose an entrance court.
Listing NGR: TL5225513108
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 353669
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 15 Essex,
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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