Description

TRING BROOK STREET
SP 9211
(West side)
11/50 Nos. 2 to 5
- (Marash House)
GV II
House, now offices. C17 or earlier, C19 rear extension and shop front,
early C20 rear extension. Timber frame on roughcast high sill, frame
exposed on front with roughcast infill panels to upper floor smooth
stucco face to RH part but roughcast at LH. Frame part exposed on ground
floor at N end. Red brick rear extensions. Steep old red tile roof. A
2-storeys, 3-cells, internal chimney plan house facing E with 2- and
3-storeys rear extensions. Front of 3 structural bays and close spaced
studs to upper floor. Eaves have been heightened. Large axial chimney a
third from N end. 3 windows long irregular E front. 3-light flush
casements to left, 8/8 panes flush sash window in middle over a C19
pilastered shop front with moulded capping to fascia, divided panes,
rectangular fanlights to 4-panel moulded house door on LH and glazed
shop door on RH. RH end has small paned swept dormer window rising
through the eaves, and 3-light window below. Central part has large flat
chamfered joists spanning from an axial chamfered beam, supported at N
on large back-to-back fireplace served by main stack. Off-centre axial
beam in N part suggests it may have originated as a cross-wing. Exposed
post and rails in rear wall of middle and N rooms.

Listing NGR: SP9261311544

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26346618

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)