Dolphin House
DOLPHIN HOUSE, 7, EAST STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1222237
- Date first listed:
- 14-Mar-1974
- List Entry Name:
- Dolphin House
- Statutory Address:
- DOLPHIN HOUSE, 7, EAST STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1222237
- Date first listed:
- 14-Mar-1974
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 13-Sept-1995
- List Entry Name:
- Dolphin House
- Statutory Address 1:
- DOLPHIN HOUSE, 7, EAST STREET
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:
- DOLPHIN HOUSE, 7, EAST STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- East Hertfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Ware
- National Grid Reference:
- TL3590414295
Details
TL3514SE
829-1/9/75
14/03/74
WARE TOWN
EAST STREET
(North side)
No.7
Dolphin House
(Formerly Listed as:
EAST STREET
No.7)
GV
II
Formerly The Dolphin Inn, converted to surgery 1980s. C17,
with C19 refronting, and 1980s rebuilding. Timber-framed, with
yellow brick front, now whitewashed, and gabled, cement
rendered west elevation. Old tiled roof with 2 gabled dormers.
2 storeys and attics. Three C19 sash windows with glazing bars
in reveals under stucco lintels on first floor, 4 on ground
floor. Central entrance, with pilaster surround and carved
console brackets supporting modern tiled gabled doorhead. 2
storey outshoot, whitewashed brick ground floor, first floor
with modern pargeting and old tiled roof, oversailing ridge
line of front with gablet.
(Hunt EM: The History of Ware: Hertford: 1986-1946: 99).
Listing NGR: TL3590414295
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 412310
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Hunt, E M, The History of Ware 1986-1946, (1986), 99
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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