The Blackbird Public House
THE BLACKBIRD PUBLIC HOUSE, 15 AND 17, PARLIAMENT SQUARE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1268802
- Date first listed:
- 12-Apr-1973
- List Entry Name:
- The Blackbird Public House
- Statutory Address:
- THE BLACKBIRD PUBLIC HOUSE, 15 AND 17, PARLIAMENT SQUARE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1268802
- Date first listed:
- 12-Apr-1973
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 09-Sept-1996
- List Entry Name:
- The Blackbird Public House
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE BLACKBIRD PUBLIC HOUSE, 15 AND 17, PARLIAMENT SQUARE
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:
- THE BLACKBIRD PUBLIC HOUSE, 15 AND 17, PARLIAMENT SQUARE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- East Hertfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Hertford
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 32618 12510
Details
HERTFORD
TL3212NE PARLIAMENT SQUARE
817-1/17/158 (East side)
12/04/73 Nos.15 AND 17
The Blackbird Public House
(Formerly Listed as:
PARLIAMENT SQUARE
No.17
The Blackbird Public House)
GV II
House, now public house. C17, altered mid C19, with further
C20 alterations. Timber-framed structure cased in brick and
stuccoed, with brown stock brick, laid to Flemish Bond, to
rear and left-hand wing (No.15). Welsh slated roofs.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attics, 5 bay structure (No.17). First
floor (No.15) has 3 recessed C19 sash windows with divided
glazing, under rubbed brick flat arches, and with stucco band
at first-floor level. First floor (No.17) has 3 triple light
sash windows with plain glazing in projecting stucco surrounds
with moulded consoles below eaves. Stucco quoins at left and
right plat band at first-floor level with deep fascia below
carrying wide painted nameboard. Ground floor (No.15) has
rebuilt carriageway at left, with twin leaf boarded gates, and
reset sash window at right in former carriageway. Ground floor
(No.17) has 2 wide recessed closed 3-light windows with
arcaded heads in projecting stucco surrounds, with consoles
below sills left and right. Central doorway, with half glazed
door recessed between stucco pilasters, above 2 stone steps.
Roof steeply pitched over No.17 with 3 sash box dormers, and
yellow brick stacks with bands and oversailing courses.
INTERIOR: single bar space, now including part ground floor of
No.15. Central dispense with C19 bar counter having recessed
panelling with scotia mouldings, and bar top carried on
Acanthus scrolls. Boarded dado. Upper floors not inspected.
Listing NGR: TL3261812510
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 461433
- 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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