The Old Post Cottage
THE OLD POST COTTAGE, 14, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1347691
- Date first listed:
- 19-Sept-1984
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD POST COTTAGE, 14, HIGH STREET
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- 2002-02-16
- Reference:
- IOE01/05151/30
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1347691
- Date first listed:
- 19-Sept-1984
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE OLD POST COTTAGE, 14, HIGH STREET
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD POST COTTAGE, 14, HIGH STREET
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 41819 14129
Details
TL 4114 HIGH STREET (east side) 7/12 Hunsdon Village No. 14 - (The Old Post Cottage)
G.V. I
Amend grade to read:- II
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TL 4114 HUNSDON HIGH STREET (east side) Hunsdon village
7/12 No 14 (The Old Post Cottage) -
GV I
House. Probably C17, roof altered and brick face added to front and N end in early C19. Timber frame weatherboarded but given a a red brick skin to front and N end. Old red tile hipped roof. 3- unit plan with rear lateral chimney, external gable chimney at N, door one third from N and single storey rear extensions. A small 2 storeys 3 windows house, 1 room deep. Large trellis gabled tiled porch off-centre. Segmental arches to lower windows. Recessed sash windows with smaller upper sashes. From left to right windows are 4, 5, 3 panes wide. An historic timberframed small house disguised in red brick in the early C19. A picturesque feature in the mixed group of buildings around the Pump in the middle of the village Conservation Area.
Listing NGR: TL4181914129
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 159973
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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