Description

SE02NE QUEENSBURY SHIBDEN HEAD LANE
Ambler Thorn

6/42 Nos 47, 49
and 51

II

House, now divided. C17 with late C18 or early C19 and recent
alterations. Coursed rubble. No 47 is rendered. Stone slate
roof. Two storeys. 3-room plan with projecting gabled wing to
left. Quoins. Quoined, chamfered doorway between the two right
bays. To the right an inserted doorway to No 47. To the left a
2-light and a 4-light double-chamfered window with all but one
mullion removed, and between the two, an inserted C19 window. To
1st floor is a 3-light double-chamfered window with all mullions
removed. In the right return of the crosswing is the inserted doorway
to No 51. The gable of the wing has former dovecote in apex, and
one 4-light double-chamfered window to each floor. Most mullions
removed. Chamfered gable copings on cut kneelers to crosswing.
3 ridge stacks. The rear of the wing has a 3-light window to each
floor. Later addition to rear of No 47.

Interior: Mainly modernised. Encased beams.

Listing NGR: SE0951829156

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26495397

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Recommended Books

• 
  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair