Halfway House
Halfway House, The Ash
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1220965
- Date first listed:
- 30-Apr-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Halfway House
- Statutory Address:
- Halfway House, The Ash
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1220965
- Date first listed:
- 30-Apr-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Halfway House
- Statutory Address 1:
- Halfway House, The Ash
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:
- Halfway House, The Ash
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- East Hertfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Little Hadham
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 43805 22341
Details
TL 4322
7/12
LITTLE HADHAM
Little Hadham-on-Ash
THE ASH (west side)
Halfway House
GV
II
House. Late C17. Two storeys and attics, three windows, double fronted, timber framed, plastered, set back from road and facing east.
Steep old red tile gabled roof continuing as a catslide at rear over a contemporary shallow weatherboarded outshot containing from south to north a bakehouse, kitchen and dairy, with a cellar under the kitchen. Red brick external gable chimneys in English bond.Projecting chimneys for bakehouse and kitchen at rear, two room plan with wide central passage between containing staircase and access to rear.
Symmetrical front with flush box sash windows having moulded architraves and 6/6 panes (renewed). Six-panel moulded door, top two panels glazed. Trellis work gabled porch, west of chimney in south end early C19 French doors with reeded surround, corner blocks, paired brackets to flat hood and panelled internal shutters. Next east corner on north end a window with early C18 heavy ovolo-moulded glazing bars. Attics lit by gable casement windows.
Structure of three bays of heavy jowled posts, chamfered axial beams over ground floor rooms, cross beams over first floor rooms, and butt purlin roof. Vertically moulded plank door with old iron strap hinges survives in attic. Two-panel doors with HL hinges on ground and first floors.
The house of Captain William Harvey (d 1807) who sailed with Captain James Cook on all three circumnavigations and is buried near the porch of Little Hadham Church (Marshall (nd) 8).
Late C17 house, little changed, illustrating a stage in the development of the double pile house. Forms a group with the old forge on its north side.
Listing NGR: TL4380522341
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 394640
- 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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