Details
HERTFORD
TL3212NW ST ANDREW STREET
817-1/16/218 (North side)
10/02/50 Nos.40 AND 42
GV II
House, now subdivided as two properties with ground floor
shops, offices (No.42) and residence (No.40). Early C18,
subdivided C19. Red-brown brick, Flemish bond, with cherry red
dressings, ground floor front C19 stucco with masonry lining,
stuccoed sides, double hipped old tiled roof behind parapet
with flat stone coping. Square red brick stack centre at
right, with long clay pots, 2 twin flue stacks at left.
Originally with central door into front hall, double-depth
plan, with 4 main rooms on each floor modified when
subdivided.
EXTERIOR: 4 bay facade, 3 storeys and basement. First floor
has 4 closely spaced windows, 2 sashes with 12-panes at left,
2 at right without glazing bars, all with segmental heads,
below rubbed red brick segmental arches with red brick jambs.
Second floor has squatter windows, 1 at left with glazing
bars, the remainder plain glazed. Plat band with moulded lower
course at second-floor level, similar band, now stuccoed, at
first-floor level. Brick dentilled and moulded cornice above
second-floor windows.
Ground floor of No.42 has C19 small-paned bow window at left,
with pilaster surround, with fascia and cornice hood supported
on consoles. C20 glazed door in semicircular headed archway
with C20 replica small hood at right.
No.40 occupies 3rd bay with panelled door in arched recess
with projecting keyblock. 2 windows to right plain glazed in
segmental arched openings, with keyblocks.
Rear elevation of red brick, with 3 sash windows on first and
second floor, the middle windows off centre and dropped to
light half landings on staircase.
INTERIOR: No.40 is now the larger unit with more original C18
fittings, including diagonally set fireplaces against party
wall. Front room has bold moulded wood cornice and corner
cupboard with scalloped shelves. Dogleg stair in rear hall
against rear wall, Tuscan column newels, open string,
bracketed treads, column on-bobbin-on-vase balusters, 2 per
tread, moulded handrails, newel caps and panelled dado. Half
landing window with heavy quadrant bars. First floor front and
rear rooms panelled with moulded wood cornices, 3-panel doors.
Rear room modified and subdivided in corner, with access from
half landing raised by winders. Basement has brick paviour
floor, bacon hutch of riven lath latticework at foot of stair.
No.42 altered, front room retains heavy moulded C18 wood
cornice, and panelling on 3 walls. Winder stair in centre
leads to first floor, front room has simple C18 panelling and
cornice comparable with No.40, upper flight of stair to second
floor close string, pilaster newel, column on vase balusters.
Despite alterations, Nos 40 & 42 represent an important
example of an early C18 town house with the sophistication of
the architectural treatment applied to a post-medieval plan.
(Smith JT: English Houses 1200-1800: The Hertfordshire
Evidence: London: 1992-: 164, FIG 273).
Listing NGR: TL3231312609
