Harley House
Harley House, 2, St John Street, Hereford, HR1 2NB
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1187276
- Date first listed:
- 10-Jun-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Harley House
- Statutory Address:
- Harley House, 2, St John Street, Hereford, HR1 2NB
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1187276
- Date first listed:
- 10-Jun-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Harley House
- Statutory Address 1:
- Harley House, 2, St John Street, Hereford, HR1 2NB
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:
- Harley House, 2, St John Street, Hereford, HR1 2NB
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Hereford
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 51093 39865
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 12 July 2023 to correct the address and to reformat the text to current standards
SO5139NW
683-1/7/235
HEREFORD
ST JOHN STREET (east side)
No.2, Harley House
(Formerly listed as No.2, Harley House, ST JOHN'S STREET)
10/06/52
GV
II
House. c1739 front to C16/C17 core. Coursed sandstone rubble; hipped Welsh slate roof; brick lateral stacks. Three storeys; five-window range: 6/6 sashes under ashlar flat arches; three/three sashes over; moulded wood eaves and central pediment containing light with cambered head under ashlar arch. To left, C19 lean-to, under pentice roof, with leaded light and casement to ground floor. Left returned side: C19 part-glazed six-panel door, with wood lined reveals, under moulded wood entablature on plain pilasters; two grilled lights.This was the home of the naturalist Henry Graves Bull, 1818-85. (RCHME).
Listing NGR: SO5109339865
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 372420
- 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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