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Latitude: 51.8937 / 51°53'37"N
Longitude: -0.2409 / 0°14'27"W
OS Eastings: 521141
OS Northings: 223140
OS Grid: TL211231
Mapcode National: GBR J80.CWN
Mapcode Global: VHGNZ.RNZP
Plus Code: 9C3XVQV5+FJ
Entry Name: Vassars
Listing Date: 8 February 1988
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1102458
English Heritage Legacy ID: 162864
ID on this website: 101102458
Location: Langley Bottom, North Hertfordshire, SG4
County: Hertfordshire
District: North Hertfordshire
Civil Parish: Langley
Traditional County: Hertfordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hertfordshire
Church of England Parish: St Ippolyts
Church of England Diocese: St.Albans
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TL 22 SW LANGLEY LONDON ROAD
(West side)
Langley Bottom
5/72 Vassars
II
House. Later C17, W bay C18, E wing and gabled rear (N) extensions mid
C19, S extension to E wing c.1966, garage wing to NW late C20. Timber
frame cased in painted brickwork, E wing and later extensions painted
brick. Steep old red tile roofs. An irregular Z-shaped house, the oldest
2-storeys range facing S with gabled rear NE stair turret and 2 similar
gables to W at rear added later. Taller E wing of 2-storeys raised over
a cellar. Large internal chimney at junction of these 2 parts.
1½-storeys garage wing extending to N at W end. S front has 3 1st floor
windows with small gables over them. 3-lights flush casement windows.
Similar windows to ground floor with 2-, 5-, and 3-lights. Door between
the latter two. E front of parlour wing has canted bay with sash
windows, segmental arch to cellar below, and on upper window below the
corbelled eaves band. Interior has exposed timbers and shows that the
building was originally of 1½-storeys and 2-bays with end chimneys,
entrance into E room and stair rising out of it. W bay probably C18,
when front wall heightened to full 2-storeys. Clasped-purlin original
roof, long straight tension braces in walls, tie-beams exposed on 1st
floor. Axial chamfered floor beams with ogee stops. Interesting
fireplace in W chimney with recesses in semi-circular back. The Three
Horseshoes P.H. during the C19. Large oval terracotta relief portrait
medallion and name plaque of Tennyson C19 by Doulton formerly on the
Birkbeck Bank, Holborn, built into N wall of garage 1967. (RCHM
Typescript).
Listing NGR: TL2114123140
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