Description

TL 32NE ASPENDEN THE STREET
(north side)

4/7 Dove Cottage

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GV II

House. Early C18, extended at ends and divided as 2 houses in
early C19. Timber frame on stucco plinth, roughcast with
basketwork and fan pargetting and black weatherboarded apron.
Steep thatched roof. A one and a half storeys, 2-cell, central
chimney plan house facing S, later extended symmetrically by one
bay at each end with an external gable chimney. Back-to-back dog
leg stairs behind central chimney and brick oven (blocked) out of
N jamb of E fireplace of central stack. Floor levels higher on
ground and 1st floor of end extensions. 2 battened doors
together in middle flanked by 2 2-light small-paned, cast-iron,
Yorkshire sliding casement windows all linked by a drip board on
shaped brackets. 2 dormer windows at eaves grouped in middle.
Axial chamfered beams and open fireplaces to old middle part of
house. Good early C19 cast-iron basket grates to E end fireplace.

Listing NGR: TL3602828247

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26468433

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Recommended Books

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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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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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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5