Description

MORETONHAMPSTEAD COURT STREET (south side),
SX 7586
Moretonhampstead
8/110 No. 5
-
GV II

House in a row possibly originally part of No. 7 (q.v.). Circa early C17, with
circa early C19 alterations and C20 reroofing. Pebbledash stone rubble. Asbestos
slate roof with gabled ends abutting adjoining buildings. Roof was formerly
thatched. Large dressed granite chimneystack at left-hand gable end with moulded
cap and thatch weatherings.
1 room plan with left gable end stack with a winder stair to the side of the stack.
In early C19 the room was partitioned and extended at rear to form small rear
service room and lobby to front entrance and a shop window was inserted into the
front. Originally it was probably part of a large house which included No. 7 to
right.
2 storeys. 2 window range. First floor 2 early C19 12-pane sashes. Ground floor
early C19 6-panel door to left and large C20 window in place of C19 shop window
which in turn replaced the original smaller window opening. Rear elevation right-
hand small square stair window with ovolo moulded wooden frame. To left at rear an
early C19 2 leanto extension with rendered stack.
Interior: 2 ovolo moulded ceiling cross beams, 1 inside, later entrance lobby shows
bar stops. The front end of the other beam has been cut off when shop window was
inserted. Fireplace blocked and with early C19 panelled cupboard door to left and
timber winder stairs to right. Much of the early C19 interior joinery survives
including panelled and plank doors. Roof space not accessible.
This is part of one of the most complete rows of early houses to have survived in
Moretonhampstead.

Listing NGR: SX7526286025

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26440057

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record