The Orchard
THE ORCHARD, HEMP LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1342257
- Date first listed:
- 29-May-1986
- List Entry Name:
- The Orchard
- Statutory Address:
- THE ORCHARD, HEMP LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1342257
- Date first listed:
- 29-May-1986
- List Entry Name:
- The Orchard
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE ORCHARD, HEMP LANE
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:
- THE ORCHARD, HEMP LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- Dacorum (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Wigginton
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 94097 10326
Details
WIGGINTON HEMP LANE SP 91 SW (North side) 4/164 The Orchard - GV II House. C16, brick front of C18 stuccoed with pilasters etc. in mid C19 with W extension, NW rear wing c.1980. Timber frame on flint sill, roughcast but brick fronted with stucco elaboration. Steep old red tile roofs. A 2-storeys L-shaped house, set back from road, facing S. Stucco S front has plinth and corner pilasters, bellcast to eaves, and 3 windows to each floor above one another. Door between RH pair of windows. Flush box sash windows with 8/8 panes on 1st floor and 10/10 panes on ground floor (Yorkshire sliding casement in middle). 4 panel door. Moulded stucco surrounds to ground floor windows and decorative cornice on trusses over door. Canted C19 bay window with hipped roof at E end, and gabled porch into lobby by chimney at junction with 2-storeys NE rear wing. 3-bays timber structure of front range exposed inside, with squint-butted scarf in wallplate, straight wind-braces in clasped-purlin roof, curved braces in higher E bay with collar and queen-strut truss. Axial floor beam with exposed joists. Large rear-wall formerly external chimney to E part is in narrow red bricks with stone base to stack. Large open fireplace in E room. Single-storey W extension formerly used as schoolroom, Baptist Chapel, and tearoom. House formerly called Penley Lodge, and Randall's Cottage.
Listing NGR: SP9409710326
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 355801
- 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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