Description

TL 4114 HUNSDON HIGH STREET
(west side)
Hunsdon village

7/17 Nos 11 (Post Office)
- and 13 (Brook Cottage)

GV II

Block of 2 houses. Mid C19 (but not on Tithe Map of 1842 (HRO)).
A tall roughcast, 2 storeys, H-plan block of 2 estate houses
facing E. (Modern single storey shop side extension to No 11 not
of special interest.) Steep old red tile gabled roofs with heavy
cusped bargeboards to the 2 projecting gables. Roof of the short
centre part extended down as an open porch. A large gabled
central dormer is shared and has similar cusped bargeboards. 2
large cruciform central chimneys in red brick. Door and small
window in centre part. 3-light small paned casement windows.
Rectangular bay window on Ground floor of No 11 with tiled lean-
to roof. Arched braces to open porch. an interesting pair of
picturesque mid C19 estate houses. Part of the balanced group
about Nos 5 and 7 at the beginning of the Conservation Area.

Listing NGR: TL4165614073

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26471054

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (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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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014