Description

LITTLE BERKHAMSTED ROBIN'S NEST HILL TL 20 NE (South side) Little Berkhamsted 7/95 No. 4 (The Old Rectory) GV II

House. c.1735, extended and altered early C19. Red brick, all colourwashed. Hipped slate roof. 5 bay double depth plan. 2 storeys and attic. Steps up to central entrance, 6 raised panelled door with rectangular fanlight in panelled reveal, Roman Doric pedimented doorcase with fluted pilasters. Glazing bar sashes, ground floor 15 pane, first floor 12 pane, all recessed with gauged brick segmental heads. Plinth, plat band, coped parapet. C18 insurance marker to centre on first floor. Three 2 light flat topped dormers. End stacks. Lower 2 storey 1 bay addition to left with an entrance with a reeded surround. Right return: C19 2/3 glazed door with reeded surround, 2 ground floor sashes, 2 first floor casements, plat band. To rear: ground floor central C20 glazed opening with 3 flat headed sashes to right, plat band to first floor, central window has a round headed relieving arch, coped parapet. C19 bay has 2 French windows and a first floor sash. Interior not inspected. (G. Millington, Little Berkhamsted, 1981).

Listing NGR: TL2925207904

External Links

• Wikidata Q26381521

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  For the Record
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings