Description

TL 4219 MUCH HADHAM HIGH STREET
(west side)
Much Hadham village

13/39 The White House

22.2.67

GV II*

House. Probably C16, altered C17, greatly modified and extended
C18 and early C19. Stuccoed brick on timber frame. Green slate
roof with C17 chimneystack of clustered polygonal shafts. 2
storeys. Early C19 Gothic front of 7 windows. Square central
porch with clustered shafts and traceried frieze. Arch-headed
sash windows, top lights ogeed, have flat hood moulds and reeded
panel shutters on Ground floor, curved hoods on 1st floor.
Roughcast S gable end with canted 1st floor Gothic sash window.
Rear elevation has two and a half storey gabled wings to N and S
with Ground floor Regency bows of 3, 6/6 sash windows. Single
sashes with reeded architraves above. Between wings is bridge
carried on clustered Gothic shafts of Ground floor loggia. Very
good interior. Earlier C18 panelling and central staircase.
Rest, later C17, oak newel stair in square well, in SW corner.
Early C17 painted beam and panels behind panelling of N staircase
wall. The house continues on the N side in late C19, 1 window
house, painted brick and roughcast, steep pitched old red tile
roof. 6-light, small pane, Ground floor casement. To ends of
main front are quadrants of Regency wrought iron railings,
formerly continuous to porch. (RCHM Typescript).

Listing NGR: TL4277419291

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17553923

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (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)