Description

WARE TOWN

TL3514SE BALDOCK STREET
829-1/9/30 (West side)
08/05/50 No.25

GV II

House, now offices. C16, with C18 and C19 alterations.
Timber-framed, stucco faced (with traces of masonry lining),
cement plinth. Old tiled roof with eaves cornice.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. First floor has 3 flush casements,
divided by a mullion, with 9-paned iron casements. Modern
pargeting and tilehung gable to north wall, exposed by
demolition of adjacent outbuildings to No 27. Ground floor has
2 canted bay windows with sashes and glazing bars, beneath
continuous jetty. Central early C19 door with 6 raised panels
with reeded surrounds, in reveal with architrave. Plank door
at right to twitchell giving access to rear yard. Rear
elevation plastered with external plastered brick
chimneybreast, and truncated brick stack above. Flush set sash
window with glazing bars to first floor landing in projection
with Welsh slated catslide roof. Long rear outshoot at right,
along south boundary, plastered and weatherboarded over
timber-framing, C18 and C19, with extensive C20 alterations at
west end.
INTERIOR: ground floor partly opened out. Early C18 ceilings,
with coving and ornamental plaster bands with beaded edges and
central bands of ribbons and fruit. C19 stair in re-entrant
between frontage block and rear outshoot, with half glazed
panelled door with small panes and margins, now enclosed
within modern porch. Rear kitchen has late C18 fitted dresser
and C18 fire surround. First floor south room has C18 ceiling
with deep coving and decorated bands. 3 bay roof, with heavy
section paired, halved rafters, side purlins with curved
windbracing. Roof space subdivided with stud partitions
possibly indicating use as attics, but no dormers apparently
constructed.
(Ware 25" to 1 Mile. Surveyed by the Ordnance Survey
Department: 1851-).

Listing NGR: TL3555714480

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26512129

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)