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TL 3708SW
6c/78

HODDESDON
Hoddesdon
HIGH STREET (east side)
Jacobean Wing (east) and Victorian Wing (north) of Rawdon House

(Formerly listed as Rawdon House Jacobean Wing (east) and Victorian Wing (north) of, previously listed as Saint Monicas Priory (formerly Rawdon House))

13.4.6

II*

Circa 1630-50, extended and restored 1879 by Ernest George and Peto. Red brick, stone dressings, machine and terracotta tile roofs. L-plan. Jacobean Wing is five bays, three storeys. Square porch has rusticated ground floor with detached Doric columns on pedestals and brick upper floor with Ionic columns. Canted two-storey window bays each side with mullioned and transomed casements, crenellation and continuous entablature. Shaped gables to attic , centre one raised and pedimented bearing terracotta date plaque. Imitation Tudor chimney stacks. Roughcast rear elevation has full-height, square, central staircase tower. Tudor hood moulds and arch-headed door with scrolled date plaque. Reused, panelled oak door. Large consoles on diagonal Ground floor buttresses. Canted window bays each side.

Much restored C17 interior . C19 restored staircase with carved beasts on newel posts and figured strapwork panels. Good Ionic doorcase on first floor landing with strapwork pilasters and pedestals. Strapwork plaster ceillings to ground and first floors. Jacobean revival fireplace in entrance hall.

Victorian wing is a four-window, two and a half storeyed, south facing elevation. Wide rusticated carriage arch with detached Doric columns. Two shaped gables and a two storey, crenellated, canted window by east of arch. Lamp on wrought iron brackets. Continous entablature. Four-gabled dormers on north elevation with imitation Jacobean strapwork.

(Pevsner (1977)), RCHM Typescript)

Listing NGR: TL3730208434

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Rawdon House at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7296967

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Recommended Books

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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6