Description

TL 4422 LITTLE HADHAM ALBURY ROAD
(east side)
Little Hadham-on-Ash

8/5 Providence House

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GV II

House. Late C17, altered in early C19 and narrow lean-to added,
small single storey E extension 1979. Long, 2 storeys and attic,
4 windows white plastered house facing S with gable end to
street. Timber frame plastered under long red tiled gabled roof.
External W gable chimney and adjacent Ground floor cased in
painted brick. Formerly 3-unit probably central chimney, lobby
entry plan, with parlour at W and service room at E end.
Converted in early C19 by removal of chimneystack, throwing
service room into middle room and making spacious entrance hall
with new staircase on site of chimney by partitioning off W end
of middle room. Pair of doors lead off rear of this hall to new
shallow lean-to service rooms. Small fireplace added at E end
with chimney at SE corner. External gable chimney added to heat
parlour. Clasped purlin roof with thin timbers and high-set
chamfered purlins at E end to accommodate an attic room.
Asymmetrical S front has Yorkshire sliding casements to 1st floor
and 2 square bay windows with casement lights. Hipped tiled
roofs with lefthand roof extended over 4-panel flush beaded door,
with shaped brackets for an earlier hood. Stop-chamfered axial
beam in parlour. Chamfered axial beam extends through rest of
Ground floor. Wall plate has face halved bladed scarf joints.
Said to have been used as a village school and to have been
thatched up to present century.

Listing NGR: TL4404122802

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26578950

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Recommended Books

• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability