No 5 and Well and Wellhouse on North
NO 5 AND WELL AND WELLHOUSE ON NORTH, 5
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1295629
- Date first listed:
- 02-Dec-1986
- List Entry Name:
- No 5 and Well and Wellhouse on North
- Statutory Address:
- NO 5 AND WELL AND WELLHOUSE ON NORTH, 5
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1295629
- Date first listed:
- 02-Dec-1986
- List Entry Name:
- No 5 and Well and Wellhouse on North
- Statutory Address 1:
- NO 5 AND WELL AND WELLHOUSE ON NORTH, 5
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:
- NO 5 AND WELL AND WELLHOUSE ON NORTH, 5
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- Dacorum (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Little Gaddesden
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 98443 14316
Details
LITTLE GADDESDEN RINGSHALL SP 91 SE (West side) 1/211 No. 5 and Well - and Wellhouse on N
GV II
House and well and wellhouse adjoining on N. Well early C19 in its present form. House probably C15 former aisled hall altered in C17 and C18 centuries and divided in C19 as Nos. 5 and 6. Timber frame brick cased with steep old red tile roofs. Wellhouse timber framed with herringbone red brick infill, linking Nos. 5 and 3, with tiled roof and gabled central entrance. Tall wood-cased pump with finial and panelled front (W) and rear, panelled stone rectangular trough, and wrought-iron S-curved handle on N side. No. 5 extends into the S end of this structure. House of 1½ storeys facing W with lobby-entry, internal chimney plan, stair to rear of stack, rear outshut, axial floor beams, and 2 3-light casement windows at different heights, central door (disused), blocked door at end and present door at N with a window to RH to extension in wellhouse. 3 gabled dormers at eaves and central chimney in the front roofslope. Interior said to have massive tie-beam with rebated moulded crown post and 4-way bracing. Collar-purlin with splayed and tabled joint, and surviving aisle. (RCHM Typescript).
Listing NGR: SP9844314316
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 157742
- 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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