Little Gaddesden House

Little Gaddesden House, Nettleden Road, Little Gaddesden, Berkhamsted, HP4 1PL

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Overview

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1391882
Date first listed:: 22-Feb-2007
List Entry Name:: Little Gaddesden House
Statutory Address:: Little Gaddesden House, Nettleden Road, Little Gaddesden, Berkhamsted, HP4 1PL

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1391882
Date first listed:: 22-Feb-2007
List Entry Name:: Little Gaddesden House
Statutory Address 1:: Little Gaddesden House, Nettleden Road, Little Gaddesden, Berkhamsted, HP4 1PL

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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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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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Location

Statutory Address:: Little Gaddesden House, Nettleden Road, Little Gaddesden, Berkhamsted, HP4 1PL

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

County:: Hertfordshire
District:: Dacorum (District Authority)
Parish:: Little Gaddesden
National Grid Reference:: TL 00073 12526

Details

1777/0/10019

Berkhamsted LITTLE GADDESDEN NETTLEDEN ROAD Little Gaddesden House 22-FEB-07 II DESCRIPTION Two-storey estate office, linked by a single storey entrance range to a two storey, approximately L-shaped, private dwelling, 1859 with later C20 additions to entrance range and south elevation. Purple brick laid in English bond with red brick and bath stone dressings. Steeply pitched gable roofs have diapered tile coverings, ridge tiles and stone finials, many chimney stacks with ornate terracotta or moulded brick pots in pairs or threes. Parapets are capped with bath stone. The façade of the entrance range has a central projecting porch beneath a gablet, with a stone plaque above carved with a coat of arms and motto. The south, west and north elevations have projecting gables with simple slit and roundel windows in the apexes, and there is a full height bay on the west elevation. The one-over-one later C20 sash windows are in large original openings which have contrasting Bath stone surrounds, mullions and transoms. Over-painted brick rear elevation to the east devoid of dressings and has later C20 casements.

INTERIOR Some C20 partitions introduced, but most of the original room layout, fixtures and fittings appears to remain. Encaustic tiled floor in entrance range, simple architraves with column detail and doors with chamfered panels. Plain plasterwork cornices. The principal, dog-leg staircase comprises a timber hand rail, plain newell posts, balusters and pendants. The stair window remains and the hall has a coffered ceiling. In the principle room of the inspected dwelling, a fine marble fireplace, with a later C20 grate remains.

HISTORY Little Gaddesden House was constructed in 1859 as the Ashridge estate office and dwelling for Lord Brownlow's land agent, remaining in this use until the 1880s when it was occupied by the Hon Alfred Talbot, a younger brother of Lady Brownlow. The house stayed in the Talbot family until 1971, when it was sympathetically sub-divided into smaller houses retaining many internal fixtures and fittings.

SUMMARY OF IMPORTANCE Little Gaddesden House, constructed in 1859, was built for Lord Brownlow as the Ashridge Park estate office and land agents dwelling and is a good example of a Tudor-revival building with well-tutored detailing and strong coherent composition. Despite conversion into smaller dwellings, the exterior details and unusual plan-form are retained and have not been altered by unsympathetic additions. The building has a strong roof line with good details to the tiles and chimney pots, balancing the elevations which has an architectural treatment of considerable merit. The interior appears to survive largely intact and the fixtures and fittings are of good craftsmanship.

Listing NGR TL0005612555

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Legacy System number:: 503020
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.