Description

KINGS LANGLEY LANGLEY HILL
TL 00 SE (West side)

7/158 Hill Cottage
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GV II

House. Early C16 2-bays house, C18 red brick casing and N bay. Timber
frame, red brick casing with random blue headers. Steep old red tile
roof. Originally a 2 storeys, 2 bays house with side jetty on E and
large internal S gable chimney. C18 2 storeys brick N part added with
external gable chimney and rear contemporary brick casing and
underbuilding of jetty of older part. Internal chimney of middle bay
C19. E front has 3 windows to each floor. Flush lattice leaded casements
of 3-lights with central iron opening light on 1st floor and segmental
arches and 4:2:3 lights on ground floor, panelled door with hood on
brackets into N part. Phoenix fire insurance plaque above door. Interior
has jowled posts, double curved braces to tie-beam, and clasped-purlin
wind braces. Flat joists and heavy chamfered floor beams. (KLLHMS report
1978 in NMR).

Listing NGR: TL0660002614

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26583670

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas