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Latitude: 51.8411 / 51°50'27"N
Longitude: 0.1139 / 0°6'49"E
OS Eastings: 545723
OS Northings: 217946
OS Grid: TL457179
Mapcode National: GBR LCQ.KLC
Mapcode Global: VHHLT.XZKH
Plus Code: 9F32R4R7+CG
Entry Name: Farmhouse at Blounts Farm
Listing Date: 22 February 1967
Last Amended: 30 April 1985
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1220692
English Heritage Legacy ID: 394416
ID on this website: 101220692
Location: East Hertfordshire, CM21
County: Hertfordshire
District: East Hertfordshire
Civil Parish: High Wych
Traditional County: Hertfordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hertfordshire
Church of England Parish: Sawbridgeworth
Church of England Diocese: St.Albans
Tagged with: Farmhouse
TL 41 NE HIGH WYCH TRIMMERS GREEN ROAD (south side) Allen's Green
4/27 Farmhouse at Blounts Farm (formerly listed as Blounts 22.2.67 Farmhouse)
GV II*
House. C15 or early C16. Long side-jettied farmhouse facing N with exposed timbers on that side, panelled pargetting elsewhere and old red tile gabled roofs. Manor house of the medieval manor of Blunts which had passed to the Leventhorpe family by 1511 (VCH III (1912) 342-3). Lower cross wing at W of 2 storeys and attics with stair tower in angle at rear and one and a half storeys SW extension in line enclosing large external gable chimney to cross wing. Foundations of E cross wing said to have been found in garden. High black plinth. N front with jettied 1st floor overhang has exposed close-studding heavy bull-nosed joist ends, and heavier beam ends on curved knee brackets defining 4 unequal bays. Heavy plank door now central may have been repositioned when very large C16/17 central red brick chimney built in middle of range. E flue added later. 2- and 3-light casement windows with leaded lights but original 4-light oak diamond mullioned window survives on 1st floor in 2nd bay from E. Unusual clasped purlin roof of W cross wing with collar and purlins set very near apex. W face has flatter roof pitch and bellcast at eaves.
Listing NGR: TL4572317946
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