Description

GREAT GADDESDEN CLEMENTS END ROAD TL 01 SW (West side) Ballingdon Bottom

3/72 Lovatts Cottage 26.1.67 (formerly listed as Ballingdon Farm Cottages, Gaddesden Row, the West block)

GV II

House. Early C16, open hall house, floored in c.1550-1575, brick internal chimney late C17, alterations in early C19 for cottages, and renovated c.1968. Timber frame infilled with red brick, steep old red tile roof. A 2-storeys house of 4 structural bays facing N. Front has 4 casement windows on each floor, and large internal chimney near middle of house. Flush casement windows renewed. Middle 2 bays built as hall open to roof, end bays always of 2 storeys. Lack of smoke blackening in roofs indicates a former timber framed chimney. W bay had pantry, buttery and staircase. Parlour in E bay with stair in anteroom. Beaded joists in floor inserted in hall and wall paintings in hall and parlour point to C16 date. Those on E wall of hall were of 3/4 female figures flanking or forming part of fantastic columns in classical Renaissance form. Panelled texts in English to parlour. (Pevsner (1977)151: RCHM Typescript).

Listing NGR: TL0381613965

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)