The Garden Cottage and Garden Walls at Coldharbour Wood

THE GARDEN COTTAGE AND GARDEN WALLS AT COLDHARBOUR WOOD, MARSHALL'S LANE

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1341435
Date first listed:
11-Jun-1986
List Entry Name:
The Garden Cottage and Garden Walls at Coldharbour Wood
Statutory Address:
THE GARDEN COTTAGE AND GARDEN WALLS AT COLDHARBOUR WOOD, MARSHALL'S LANE

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1341435
Date first listed:
11-Jun-1986
List Entry Name:
The Garden Cottage and Garden Walls at Coldharbour Wood
Statutory Address 1:
THE GARDEN COTTAGE AND GARDEN WALLS AT COLDHARBOUR WOOD, MARSHALL'S LANE

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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.

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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.

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Location

Statutory Address:
THE GARDEN COTTAGE AND GARDEN WALLS AT COLDHARBOUR WOOD, MARSHALL'S LANE

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Hertfordshire
District:
East Hertfordshire (District Authority)
Parish:
Bengeo Rural
National Grid Reference:
TL 34842 18875

Details

BENGEO RURAL MARSHALL'S LANE TL 31 NW (Southwest side) Sacombe Green 4/4 The Garden Cottage - and Garden Walls at Coldharbour Wood - II

Former kitchen garden wall. c.1785 for T. Caswall of Coldharbour (not listed). Red brick with some stone dressings. About 140m x 75m, roughly rectangular on plan with a section cut out to SW. About 3m to 4m high. Corner piers, some with stone caps. Pilaster buttresses. Wall rounded inwards at head to brick coping. Principal opening to SE retains one stone blocked pier. Plank door to SW with projecting brick surround with gauged brick flat arched head, stone impost blocks. Plank door to NW with inner blocked round arched head. A section of original wall extends into garden from NE side. Stock brick spur wall to SW. In SW inset of wall is early C19 gardener's cottage. Ground floor white brick with a red brick band to first floor stock brick. Slate roof. 2 storeys. 2 windows. Central entrance in later gabled porch. Flanking blocked round headed openings, first floor openings empty. Extruded end stacks. 2 sash windows to rear. 1 storey outbuildings to left, 2 bays of stock brick with a door and a 9 pane sash with round heads. 3 bays of C18 red brick with round headed openings, some round headed openings to rear. Interior not inspected. Coldharbour House and this wall were built following demolition of the early Sacombe House and its embattled garden wall which was part of C. Bridgeman's laying out of the grounds c.1715. The house was subsequently demolished following building of the present Sacombe House (q.v., Sacombe Civil Parish) in 1802. (P. Willis, Charles Bridgeman, 1977: RCHM Typescript).

Listing NGR: TL3484218875

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Legacy System number:
356109
Legacy System:
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Sources

Books and journals
Willis, P, Charles Bridgeman, (1977)

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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