Description

TL 3108 BAYFORD CHURCH LANE (West side)

6/16 The Church Cottages -

GV II

House. C16 or earlier S crosswing to former hall house, hall range probably reconstructed C17 but virtually rebuilt in comprehensive remodelling with extensions c.1965. Timber frame crosswing, roughcast masonry walls elsewhere, timbers exposed on 1st floor front largely bogus. Steep red tiled roofs. 2-storeys irregular house facing E, with extensive rear extensions. Small flush casement windows, door in middle of hall range with one window each side and one in small gable over. Large internal chimney with back-to-back fireplaces at junction of hall with older SE crosswing. This has an original 2-bays crown-post roof exposed in the upper room. Tie-beam formerly with curved braces carries chamfered square crown-post with slots for axial braces to longitudinal collar purlin. Curved braces in N wall. Undivided upper room will have been solar of original house, presumably an open hall to N. (East Hertfordshire Archaeological Society Newsletter July 1965: RCHM Typescript).

Listing NGR: TL3102408970

External Links

• Wikidata Q26471187

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Devon (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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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)