The Saddlery
THE SADDLERY, LEIGHTON BUZZARD ROAD (A4146)
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1348024
- Date first listed:
- 19-Mar-1987
- List Entry Name:
- The Saddlery
- Statutory Address:
- THE SADDLERY, LEIGHTON BUZZARD ROAD (A4146)
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1348024
- Date first listed:
- 19-Mar-1987
- List Entry Name:
- The Saddlery
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE SADDLERY, LEIGHTON BUZZARD ROAD (A4146)
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 SADDLERY, LEIGHTON BUZZARD ROAD (A4146)
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- Dacorum (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Great Gaddesden
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 03568 10636
Details
GREAT GADDESDEN LEIGHTON BUZZARD ROAD (A4146) TL 0310 (West side) 10/137 The Saddlery -
GV II
House and shop, now all one house. N wing along roadside c.1600 or earlier, gabled E wing c.1700, and lower S extension in line with it c.1750. Timber frame, cased in painted brickwork, stucco or weatherboarding. Steep old red tile roofs. An L-shaped house, facing W, of 2 storeys and 1 1/2 storeys. Cellar below former shop in E wing facing the road. 2 gabled dormers at eaves on W side of S extension and below a flush box sash window with 10/10 panes to LH and lean-to of painted brick with glazed door. Large internal chimney with C18 top at junction of E wing with S extension. Lower N wing now cased in painted brick on N and painted brick infill on W end with jettied roughcast gable over. This has a sash window of 3/3 panes and 2 2-light casements below. Painted brick outshuts to rear. 2-light fixed window to upper floor of E range on E each of 30 small panes. Interior has exposed framework, remains of jetty along N side of N wing beside the road, and ovolo-moulded plank doors. The upper room of the S extension has an open timber roof and was formerly the village reading room. It has very wide tapered king-posts to its trusses with side purlins carried on principal rafters. Formerly Water End Post Office and Stores.
Listing NGR: TL0356810636
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 157916
- 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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