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TQ 19 NW
4/23

HEMPSTEAD ROAD
Little Cassiobury and former stable block to rear.

Formerly listed as Little Cassiobury (Education Office, Watford College) and former stable block to rear, previously listed as No 31 (Little Cassiobury), including outbuildings under Hemel Hempstead Road

26.8.52

II*
Small formal late C17 red brick mansion, a dower house of Cassiobury. Two storey and attic. Hipped plain tile roofs. Three flat topped dormers with moulded cornices. Nine window range to front with projecting three window centre and very narrow one window ends. Wood modillion cornice, brick platband. Exposed box glazing bar sashes. Gauged brick flat heads to surrounds. Outer windows narrow. Central door with later moulded doorcase and pediment on brackets. Inside a panelled entrance hall with corner archways to staircase and through passage. Fielded panels, moulded cornice, fluted pilaster each side of fireplace. Arches with keyblocks and moulded imposts. Panelled staircase wall.

To rear a former stable block altered circa 1930 by C Williams-Ellis, with three round headed doorways, pantile hipped roof and in centre C18 stone panel of Essex arms found in grounds.

Listing NGR: TQ1033596957

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17555609

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Recommended Books

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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)