Description

1. 5251 HODDESDON HIGH STREET (west side) Hoddesdon The Swan Inn TL 3708NW 6a/31 13.4.61

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2. Mainly C16 timberframed. 5-6 bays. Plastered ground floor, exposed half-timbered and plastered upper floor. Welsh and Westmoreland slate front roof, mostly old tile on rear. L-plan having 2-block rear wing on S, which is C16/17 on E and C19, single storey, weatherboarded on W. 6-window front elevation has central, canted window bay on 2 wooden Tuscan column with 6 4- light casements and long sign beam. Closely studded upper floor, some diagonal braces, S side jettied on moulded bressumer, N side on bull-nosed joists. 1st floor sash windows, late C19 multi-pane shop front on N. Interior mostly with chamfered and stopped floor beams and joists. 2nd bay from S with v-profile moulded beams. Visually the most striking timberframed inn in the district. (Pevsner (1977) ).

Listing NGR: TL3730508821

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings