Description

TL 2928; 6/6

ARDELEY, CLOTHALL,
LUFFENHALL STREET (west side),
Whitehall

GV

II

House. C16 open hall house with jettied W crosswing facing N, altered in early C17. C18 SE kitchen wing. Timber frame on painted brick stepped sill. Red brick painted kitchen wing. Roughcast hall range but exposed close studding on crosswing. Steep old red-tile roofs. Tiled hall and E service end with inserted C18 floor, lobby entry beside central chimney at upper end of hall (re-used C16 moulded fire lintel suggests on earlier
fire hood) and stair beyond stack. Two-storeys and attic, 2-bay W crosswing with jettied N gable, with bull-nosed joist-ends and cusped C19 bargeboards with apex pendant. One and-a-half storeys C18 kitchen wing with large internal S gable chimney and two gabled dormers. N front has three 3-light flat topped dormers, three 2-light casement windows, gabled porch and large central red brick chimney with moulded top and engaged diagonal shafts. Low C19 lean-to on S side of hall range to improve circulation. Interior has exposed timbers and axial beams. The W end of the house extends into Clothall parish in North Hertfordshire District.

This asset was previously listed twice. It was listed also under the parish of Clothall as List entry 1347438. This entry was removed from the List on 25/09/18.

Listing NGR: TL2927428600

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26469038

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Recommended Books

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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings