Description

HERTFORD

TL3212NW ST ANDREW STREET
817-1/16/209 (South side)
10/02/50 No.25

GV II

House, now shop with flats above. Late C18 refronting of
earlier C18 structure. Yellow-grey brick front, Flemish Bond;
plum-red side and rear. Old tiled roof with 2 panelled ridges
concealed behind parapet at front.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and attics above basement. Frieze with
cyma recta cornice above first-floor windows, three 12-pane
sashes, recessed below rubbed flat arches with painted stucco
sills. Second floor has three 6-pane sashes; ground floor has
two 12-pane sashes, and at left, doorway raised above 3 stone
steps. Six fielded panel door beneath ogee-traceried
semicircular fanlight. Surround of Tuscan Doric pilasters and
archivolt within engraved Tuscan Doric columns under triglyph
frieze and entablature, with open modillioned pediment.
Central basement vent below plinth. To roof, single pedimented
tiled attic dormer.
Rear elevation with single triple and single double sash on
first floor beneath segmental arches; second floor with 1
triple and 1 single sash below exposed stuccoed lintel; ground
floor projecting bay window with square projecting C19 bay,
with fishscale slate hipped roof at left and single 16-pane
sash window at right.
Rear outshoot with single storey red brick C18 washhouse with
C20 pantiled roof, 2 casement windows, central door.
Timber-framed weatherboarded stable beyond.
INTERIOR: hall has early C19 open well curved geometrical
stair, originally with cantilevered treads, but with later
reinforcement bracing lower string, with moulded nosings and
brackets; stick balusters and moulded hardwood handrail with
wreath. Rear ground floor room retains C18 moulded cornice,
C19 plasterwork elsewhere. External kitchen/washhouse at lower
level retains ranges and dresser in situ. Upper floors not
inspected.
(Hertfordshire Countryside: Forrester H: Hertford homes in
Georgian days: Letchworth: 1946-1961: 150-152).

Listing NGR: TL3237412626

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26559022

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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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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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)