Description

1.
744 CHURCH STREET
(South Side)

No 7
TL 0338 1/43 17.7.51.

II GV

2.
C17 buildings. The facade to the street, which is tile-hung, is defaced
by modern shop-fittings. A tall carriageway leads back to the yard of
the Honour of Ampthill offices. On the west side, Charles II work includes
a 2-storey brick range (early use of Flemish bond) with shaped stringcourse
and 5 windows (some sashed, some casements) also a long barn, partly of
brick (English bond) and partly half-timbered with plaster infilling, in
which the revenues of the Honour were received. This barn still carries
a large moulded plaster plaque:- 'W H' being the initials of William Hart,
the receiver on account of the queen dowager (Henrietta Maria), who is
indicated by her fleur-de-lys. On the East side are remains of late C18
buildings for storage, including one one-storey building in brick chequered
in blue with 2 doors, and 4 small round-headed casement windows. See VCH,
page 268.

Nos 1 to 39 (odd) and Court House form a group with No 127 Dunstable Street.

Listing NGR: TL0350438104

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26607377

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Recommended Books

• 
  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  For the Record
• 
  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)