Description

TL 4321 LITTLE HADHAM THE FORD
(west side)
Hadham Ford

9/4 Brook House

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GV II

House. Later C18 (mentioned in will of 1806: inf owner),
reroofed 1866, rear stair extension 1980. Symmetrical, 2
storeys, 2 windows, clay lump plastered, facing E. Slated roof
hipped to S, said to have been thatched. Brickwork of 1866
cottages on N overlaps 2 ft of N end, and N gable chimneystack is
now shared. Double pile, double fronted plan with stair formerly
in rear N room. Chimney with back-to-back fireplaces on Ground
floor in mid-wall of S part. E front has plinth and overhanging
eaves. 4-panel flush beaded half-glazed front door with light
gabled porch. Symmetrical arrangement of flush box sash windows
with 8/8 panes. Lower windows larger. Rear has Yorkshire
sliding casements to Ground floor but small 2-light leaded C18
mullioned windows with iron casements to 1st floor. Sympathetic
rear extension for new stair in 1980. House of blacksmith and
wheelwright with forge to W. C18/C19 cast iron pump next to rear
wall. Fluted cap. Spurred spout out of bottom of chamber. Long
wrought iron counterweighted handle. Early double pile plan and
late use of clay lump construction, now obsolete, for a domestic
building.

Listing NGR: TL4357121786

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26505507

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Recommended Books

• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
• 
  For the Record