Description

MORETONHAMPSTEAD FORD STREET (south side),
SX 7586
Moretonhampstead
8/140 No 31 and itched doorway (formerly
-
23.8.55 listed as Arch to entry leading to
GV II No 33)

House in a row, probably part of a larger house originally.
Circa C16 or early C17, with later alterations including remodelling of circa mid
C19. Rendered stone. Dry slate roof with gabled ends abutting adjoining buildings
to left and right and with continuous roof line with Ring of Bells Guest House
adjoining left. Projecting granite rear lateral stack, with granite thatched
weathering and tapered shaft and cap.
Plan uncertain but it appears to be section of possibly a 3-room plan house and may
be the hall with a rear lateral stack and part of the lower end including the
passage. Eaves seem to have been raised. Interior not inspected therefore internal
plan uncertain but later passageway has been put through left-hand end.
2 storeys. Asymmetrical but regular 3-window range. First floor 3 mid C19 12-pane
sashes. Ground floor right 2 similar but 4-pane sashes. To left of centre a
probably C17 or early C17 granite chamfered 4-centred arch doorway, the stops if
they existed have been trimmed off. Segmentally headed narrow doorway to later
passageway to left.
At rear C20 windows and large projecting granite lateral stack. Attached to the
stack at right angles is a late C19 single storey brick outbuilding.
Interior not accessible at time of survey 1985.
In spite of the C19 remodelling this is undoubtedly an early building with an
impressive granite lateral stack at the rear, and the front with its original
granite doorway and C19 fenestration makes a valuable contribution to Ford Street.

Listing NGR: SX7524186136

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26595038

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Recommended Books

• 
  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)