Description

TL 10 SW ABBOTS LANGLEY CHEQUERS LANE
(South side)
Garston

4/17 The Chequers

II

House. Early to mid C16, extended C17. Timber frame, rendered brick
casing, part weatherboarded. Tiled roof. 3 bays, left bay probably an
open hall originally, extended by 2 bays to right, floored and heated in
C17. 1 storey and attic. Central entrance with later gabled porch. 2
ground floor 2 light flush frame timber casements. Two 2 light casements
in gabled dormers to centre and left. Ridge of left bay slightly lower.
Right bay is weatherboarded. Cross axial C17 stack with rebuilt cap
where 2 builds meet. Left gable end has exposed frame, 4 large panels
with mid rail, cambered tie beam, struts to collar clasping purlins,
inserted casement. Right gable end has exposed truss. To rear early bay
is part weatherboarded, part brick cased with exposed studs below a long
5 light casement. C17 bays project further, a 3 light casement, 2 light
gabled dormer. Attached to right a low outshut. Formerly a public house.
C20 flat roofed addition to rear not of special interest.

Listing NGR: TL1164402221

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26467761

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)