Thatched Outbuildings at Ford Hill on Roadside 10 Metres West of House
THATCHED OUTBUILDINGS AT FORD HILL ON ROADSIDE 10 METRES WEST OF HOUSE, FORD HILL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1290466
- Date first listed:
- 30-Apr-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Thatched Outbuildings at Ford Hill on Roadside 10 Metres West of House
- Statutory Address:
- THATCHED OUTBUILDINGS AT FORD HILL ON ROADSIDE 10 METRES WEST OF HOUSE, FORD HILL
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- 2001-09-08
- Reference:
- IOE01/05225/17
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1290466
- Date first listed:
- 30-Apr-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Thatched Outbuildings at Ford Hill on Roadside 10 Metres West of House
- Statutory Address 1:
- THATCHED OUTBUILDINGS AT FORD HILL ON ROADSIDE 10 METRES WEST OF HOUSE, FORD HILL
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:
- THATCHED OUTBUILDINGS AT FORD HILL ON ROADSIDE 10 METRES WEST OF HOUSE, FORD HILL
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 43599 21586
Details
TL 4321 LITTLE HADHAM FORD HILL (south side) Hadham Ford
9/11 Thatched Outbuildings at Ford Hill on roadside 10 metres W of house -
GV II
Outbuildings, C18 or early C19. Long line of thatched single storey buildings at lower level backing onto road. 3 varied structures in obsolete forms of construction. At W, a wider stable building now a garage with double doors in the W gable end. Flint and brick plinth to clay lump walls, plastered externally. Higher plinth on N retaining road at higher level. Steep thatched roof with small loft door in dormer on roadside. Clay lumps 20" x 7". Continuous wall plate and split pole rafters. 2 bay roof. Half floored. Entrance in E end. Middle part abutting on E is a narrower stable with clay lump walls on flint foundations. The courses follow the slope of the hill. Stable doors on S side. Steep thatched side purlin roof with spreaders. Irregularly spaced tie beams with collars over. Interesting vertical thatched partition over tie beam at E end of this part. At E end a shorter, formerly open fronted, narrow thatched section. Side walls formed of frame of slender undressed tree trunks with natural forked tops carrying similar undressed wall plates. Timbers in N wall built into flint wall for full height. Some lath and plaster infill on S. Gabled steep thatched roof on similar rough framework. The buildings probably survive from when the house served as an inn. Survivals of obsolete forms of building construction of great interest. Part of the historic group on Ford Hill in Conservation Area.
Listing NGR: TL4359921586
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 395077
- 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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