Description

HERTFORD

TL3212 PEG'S LANE
817-1/19/167 (West side)
27/05/86 Wallfields

II

House. c1810 with late C19 alterations, and extended in 1965.
Built for Thomas Nicholson. Gault brick, with shallow-pitched
slated roofs,bracketed eaves cornice and a central stack.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, 3 bay centre, 2-storey west wing and
2-bay east wing, (the addition of 1965). Centre block has 2
ground and 3 first-floor sashes with glazing bars under flat
Gault brick arches,and a wooden porch with simplified baseless
Tuscan Doric columns and answering antae, and modillion
cornice. Part glazed door c1900. First-floor whitened plaster
plat-band. West wing has 3-sided mid C19 canted bay window,
and 2 first-floor sashes. East wing reproduces details of C19
house.
INTERIOR: central 3 bay vaulted corridor, archivolts carried
on brackets, squint fan vault terminations to inner arch. Room
to east has original fireplace. 2 flanking arches pierced
through. Shallow relief reeded cornice. Room to west with
cornice. Further room to west has c1840 interior, later C19
wooden fireplace with 'Neo-Grecian ' details. Impressive rear
stairs hall has dogleg stair on 'S' curve plan, cantilevered
stone risers, cast-iron balusters alternately on simple
rectangular section and flattened vase with rosette, mahogany
rail.
Landing and corridor to central first-floor window share
delicate anthemion frieze cornice, one axial and one
right-hand arch on brackets to corridors. Room to west has
reeded architrave fireplace, flattened relief cornice with
paterae. Shutter boxes and moulded architrave surrounds to
windows throughout; 4 panel raised and fielded doors
throughout.
HISTORICAL NOTE: Wallfields served as the offices of the
former Hertford RDC before being taken over by the newly
created East Hertfordshire District Council in 1974. Large
extensions to west not of special interest.

Listing NGR: TL3241812244

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26559088

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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