Description

LITTLE GADDESDEN RINGSHALL DRIVE SP 91 SE (West side) Ashridge Park 1/215 Faerie Hollow -

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

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record