Great Offley House
GREAT OFFLEY HOUSE, KINGS WALDEN ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1295486
- Date first listed:
- 24-Oct-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Great Offley House
- Statutory Address:
- GREAT OFFLEY HOUSE, KINGS WALDEN ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1295486
- Date first listed:
- 24-Oct-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Great Offley House
- Statutory Address 1:
- GREAT OFFLEY HOUSE, KINGS WALDEN ROAD
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:
- GREAT OFFLEY HOUSE, KINGS WALDEN ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- North Hertfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Offley
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 14569 26485
Details
OFFLEY KINGS WALDEN ROAD TL 1426 (West side) Great Offley
13/107 Great Offley House - GV II
House. Late medieval former open hall house now middle range, floor and chimney inserted in hall in early C17, rear extension mid/late C17, new brick E range early/mid C18 with front re-windowed and modernised 1802 (date on rainwater heads). Timber framed middle range and part of W range cased in red brick, E front of red brick with some blue brick, tuck pointed. Steep old red tile roofs. A larger rectangular house of 2 storeys, cellars and attics facing E, comprising 3 parallel ranges. E front 3 windows wide with flat gauged arches to each floor. 3 gabled dormers on roofslope with 2-lights casement windows. Triple-sash windows with small panes on both floors, but single sash window with 6/6 panes over the central entrance. Pilastered doorcase with fluted consoles, entablature and round headed fanlight to half-glazed double doors in panelled reveals. Dated rainwater heads. E range has internal gable chimneys and 2 rooms separated by the entrance and stair hall. Entrance at rear to middle range on line of original cross-passage. This range is of 3 structural bays originally with hall bay central and service bay to S open to the roof, and 2 storeys N parlour bay. Clasped-purlin roof with smoke-blackened rafters and long curved wind-braces. Stair probably in NE corner. When internal chimney built blocking cross-passage and hall floored it became a lobby-entry house and S room became parlour with fireplace and N room a service room. A low single-storey service wing was later added at SW. C18 E range addition was first use of brick walling. Newels to attic stair have 'patera' finials also found at Wards Farmhouse, Lilley. (RCHM Typescript).
Listing NGR: TL1456926485
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 163117
- 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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