The Old Palace Public House

THE OLD PALACE PUBLIC HOUSE, 83, LANGLEY HILL

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1348438
Date first listed:
02-Dec-1986
List Entry Name:
The Old Palace Public House
Statutory Address:
THE OLD PALACE PUBLIC HOUSE, 83, LANGLEY HILL
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Date:
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1348438
Date first listed:
02-Dec-1986
List Entry Name:
The Old Palace Public House
Statutory Address 1:
THE OLD PALACE PUBLIC HOUSE, 83, LANGLEY HILL

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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Corrections and minor amendments

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
THE OLD PALACE PUBLIC HOUSE, 83, LANGLEY HILL

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

County:
Hertfordshire
District:
Dacorum (District Authority)
Parish:
Kings Langley
National Grid Reference:
TL0662702611

Details

TL 00 SE
7/155

KINGS LANGLEY
LANGLEY HILL
(North side)
No. 83
(The Old Palace PH)

GV
II

House, now a Public House. Late C17 E part, rear wing early C19, front
encased with brick in mid-C19 when W part with cellar added. Timber
frame cased in plum brick. W gable end rear of W part in uncoursed
knapped flint with brick dressings. Steep old red tile roofs, hipped
W part. A 2-storeys attic and cellar house facing S with short
parallel-roofed 2-storeys rear range at NE. S front has 2 3-light
casement windows to 1st floor under eaves, formerly 2 doorways side
by side in middle (LH one now a 6/6 pane sash window), a recessed
sash window with 10/10 panes and plastered reveals on LH and a
rectangular bay window on RH with 3/3 panes and hipped tile roof. This
has panelled folding internal shutters. Winding stair in NE corner of
C17 part, and chamfered ceiling beam. (KLLHMS report 1979 in NMR).

Listing NGR: TL0662702611

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
157686
Legacy System:
LBS

Sources

Books and journals
Kings Langley Local History and Museum Society Report in Kings Langley Local History and Museum Society Report, (1979)

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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