Description

LITTLE GADDESDEN RINGSHALL DRIVE
SP 91 SE (West side)
Ashridge Park

1/215 Faerie Hollow
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GV II

House. C16 hall house, converted to 3 estate houses in C17 or early C18,
altered in C19, sold in 1920's, SE extension c.1970. Timber frame. Red
brick casing and extensions. Steep old red tile roofs. A 16 storeys
house facing W with 2 cells, end-chimney old part in middle. 3 front
gabled dormers at eaves with cusped bargeboards and 3-light lattice
leaded casements. 2 canted tiled bay windows to ground floor with a door
between. 2 tall chimneys with pairs of diagonal square shafts. 3 gabled
rear stair towers with winding stairs (N part rebuilt after a fire) and
entrance lobby between southern 2. Frame has jowled posts, cambered
tie-beams, clasped purlin roof with collar and queen-strut trusses.
Leaded lancet window to each stair turret. Axial chamfered beams to
floor and large open fireplace. Formerly known as Appletrees and
Witchcraft Bottom. A main road formerly ran along valley to W of house.

Listing NGR: SP9899813489

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26392595

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)