The Old George Inn
THE OLD GEORGE INN, 41, ARLESEY ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1347090
- Date first listed:
- 27-May-1968
- List Entry Name:
- The Old George Inn
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD GEORGE INN, 41, ARLESEY ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1347090
- Date first listed:
- 27-May-1968
- List Entry Name:
- The Old George Inn
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE OLD GEORGE INN, 41, ARLESEY 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:
- THE OLD GEORGE INN, 41, ARLESEY ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- North Hertfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Ickleford
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 18223 31578
Details
ICKLEFORD ARLESEY ROAD TL 1831 (West side)
10/34 No. 41 27.5.68 (The Old George Inn)
GV II
House, now a public house. C16 or earlier open hall house, early C17 inserted floor and internal chimney, renovated in C18 and C19. Timber frame on brick sill, roughcast on ground floor, exposed frame on 1st floor with plastered infill panels. Steep old red tile roofs. A T-plan medieval house facing E with 2-storeys and cellar N parlour crosswing, and lower 1 1/2-storeys main range. This range has an original storeyed S bay formerly axially divided for pantry and buttery with separate entrances to each from cross-passage and for stair to upper floor at E side. 2-bays hall has close-studded partition at upper end with 4-centred arched doorway with moulded frame and sunk spandrels at NW into 2-bays crosswing parlour with stair beside W end wall. C17 chimney inserted part blocking cross-passage when floor inserted. Lobby entry plan completed when S service bay made one room and C18 fireplace inserted backing onto hall chimney. E front has close-studding to 1st floor, projecting gabled porch to entrance with 3-lights casement window to LH and shallow rectangular 2-storeys bay with gabled top. 3-lights casements, and small 2-lights ovolo moulded window at high level on ground floor beside it. 3-lights casement to 1st floor of gabled N crosswing above the canted bay window to ground floor. Large internal chimney has tall cruciform stack above roof set diagonally. Projecting large chimney on N side of N wing to front bay. Interior has exposed timbers with irregular flat joists to S bay floor, regular flat joints to N wing, jowled posts, curved tension braces, and clasped-purlin roofs on trusses with collars. Inserted hall floor carried on axial beam with soffit carved in relief with alternating strapwork rectangles and ovals. Moulded oak 4-centred fire surround with sunk spandrels. Small cupboard door in back with lozenge decoration. Moulded plank doors to entrance lobby and 1st floor. Britannia firemark No. 71210 now fixed to side of axial beam in hall. (RCHM (1911)245).
Listing NGR: TL1822331578
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 163044
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
Inventory of the Historical Monuments of Hertfordshire, (1910)
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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