Briggens House Hotel and Attached Upper Terrace and Tank at West,along A Drive,300 Metres South of the Lodge
BRIGGENS HOUSE HOTEL AND ATTACHED UPPER TERRACE AND TANK AT WEST,ALONG A DRIVE,300 METRES SOUTH OF THE LODGE, HARLOW ROAD (A414)
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1307983
- Date first listed:
- 24-Jan-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Briggens House Hotel and Attached Upper Terrace and Tank at West,along A Drive,300 Metres South of the Lodge
- Statutory Address:
- BRIGGENS HOUSE HOTEL AND ATTACHED UPPER TERRACE AND TANK AT WEST,ALONG A DRIVE,300 METRES SOUTH OF THE LODGE, HARLOW ROAD (A414)
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1307983
- Date first listed:
- 24-Jan-1967
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 19-Sept-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Briggens House Hotel and Attached Upper Terrace and Tank at West,along A Drive,300 Metres South of the Lodge
- Statutory Address 1:
- BRIGGENS HOUSE HOTEL AND ATTACHED UPPER TERRACE AND TANK AT WEST,ALONG A DRIVE,300 METRES SOUTH OF THE LODGE, HARLOW ROAD (A414)
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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:
- BRIGGENS HOUSE HOTEL AND ATTACHED UPPER TERRACE AND TANK AT WEST,ALONG A DRIVE,300 METRES SOUTH OF THE LODGE, HARLOW ROAD (A414)
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- East Hertfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Hunsdon
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 41392 11201
Details
TL 41SW
2/26
HUNSDON,
HARLOW ROAD (A414) (South Side),
Briggens House Hotel (formerly listed as Briggens) and attached Upper Terrace and Tank at W, along a drive, 300 metres S. of the Lodge
24.1.67
G.V. II
Country House, now an hotel. Circa 1719 by the mason Christopher Cass (1678-1734) (Gunnis (1968) 88) for Robert Chester, a director of South Sea Company: 2-bay N and S blocks and 2nd floor added for Thomas Blackmore probably c1770 (name and date on stable bell): N end and W side extensions in 1899: alterations 1908 for H C Gibbs (RCHM Typescript). Former country house on hilltop site facing W in a landscaped park probably designed by Bridgeman. Grey brick with stone dressings, hipped slate roof, Portland stone upper terrace on S end overlooking a tank of York stone. 3 storeys above basement, 7 windows front. 3-window central portion breaks forward. Stone bands at each floor level and blocking course to stone cornice. 2-window, 2 storeys and mansard side wings rebuilt in C19, project and are linked by a single storey stone screen with 6 casement windows flanking door with open pediment. 3-window block on S end with upper terrace in Portland stone attached facing S. Balustrade of low square piers with stone rails between supported on stone balls. E front has large full height 3-window central bow and basement storey clad in stone. Recessed sash windows generally. A drawing exists for a chimneypiece for Briggens by James Thornhill dated 1720 but the interior is completely C19. A large C18 country house with later additions, in a prominent position on a hilltop. Part of an immediate group of outbuildings and part of a wider landscape composition.
(VCH (1912) 325-6: Gibbs (1915) 23-6: Pevsner (1977) 343: HLHS (1979) 38: RCHM Typescript).
Listing NGR: TL4139211201
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 159963
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Doubleday, A, The Victoria History of the County of Hertford, (1912), 325-6
Pevsner, N, Cherry, B, The Buildings of England: Hertfordshire, (1977)
Gunnis, R, Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851, (1953), 88
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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