Description

TL 4322 LITTLE HADHAM STANDON ROAD
(south side)

7/1 Little Hadham Place 350
metres S of road
-

GV II

House. C17, greatly enlarged in early and mid C19. A former
farmhouse called the Hull purchased by Nicholas Segar (died 1828)
and rebuilt as a private residence (Minet (1914): VCH (1914)
50). Rambling Z-plan, facing E,with a service courtyard on W.
The oldest part is an L-shaped timberframed house forming the S
side and half the W side of the house where its extent is marked
by a projecting plinth. 2 storeys with a hipped slate roof and
panelled and bracketed eaves soffit uniform with the rest of the
house. The walling has been replaced by brickwork at different
times. Flush box sash windows with 6/6 panes. Brickwork painted
white. Exposed timber frame inside shows 3 bays on W and 1 on
SE. Large central chimney in S part has back-to-back 4 centred
chamfered brick arched fireplaces of mid C17 and cellar stair
against its N face formerly continued up. Stop chamfered beam in
SE room. W range extended to N in early C19 and parallel range
built on E side to form double-pile house of 2 storeys. Red brick
walls with recessed sash windows now painted on W. Projecting 2
storeys higher wing of mid C19 at SE corner elaborately decorated
in stucco in manner of G E Pritchett. 4 windows with moulded
window surrounds. Raised quoins. Cornice on trusses to Ground
floor windows. Sash windows with 6/6 panes and louvred shutters
to 1st floor. Single storey rectangular bay on S end. Single
storey enclosed stucco porch with stilted arches and architraves
enriched with paterae. Triple sash windows on each floor to
recessed bay on right. E front of lower range stuccoed with
cornice and trusses to lower windows. Canted 1st floor oriel at N
end of E front. Elaborate plaster enrichment to C19 interiors.
Major part of group with outbuildings.

Listing NGR: TL4329222550

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26506130

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Recommended Books

• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
• 
  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
• 
  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
• 
  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)