Description

LITTLE BERKHAMSTED EPPING GREEN
TL 20 NE
(West side)
7/90
Nos. 1 to 5 (consecutive)
24.11.66
Woodcock Lodge
(formerly listed
as Woodcock)
- II

Large house, now 5 dwellings. Early C17 origins. Remodelled and extended
c.1900. Some timber frame and brick, extended and part rebuilt in
concrete, all roughcast. Tiled roofs. Original plan is obscure but was
probably a large L with double depth main range with a wing to rear
right, extended with a second wing to rear left and a service block to
right. 2 storeys and attics. 5 bay front is all c.1900 in appearance
with central entrance, 9 panel door with upper leaded glazing, moulded
surround, timber and tiled open porch. First floor central 2 light small
pane casement. Flanking centre are full height canted bays with small
pane casements, hipped roofs. Casements in outer bays with a second
entrance and an open porch added to right. Cross axial stacks with
clustered diagonal shafts. Parallel range to rear extends slightly
further to right. Left return hip to front, gable end to rear range with
a stack behind gable, moulded cap to 2 diagonal shafts. Large 4 and 5
light flush iron frame casements. c.1900 wing extending to rear has a 3
light casement, hipped dormer, gable end 4 and 5 light casements. Garden
elevation has a half-H appearance, main range has a central architraved
entrance with a bracketed hood, flanking lights. Two first floor 4 light
casements. Towards right end of main range is a straight joint with a
stepback to a large C17 red brick external stack, offsets, moulded cap,
2 diagonal shafts. Inner elevation of c.1900 wing has a stack closely
following this model. Wing to left is earlier though of similar
appearance externally. Service block is linked to rear range only, gable
fronted. Triple gabled right return with a central projecting attic on
brackets with a small 3 light leaded pane casement. 1 storey later C20
addition. To rear later C20 1 storey lean-to and gabled additions.
Interior: in early rear wing a moulded, flat headed stone fireplace with
carved brackets, early C17 ovolo moulded plaster panelling, later rear
wing has good c.1900 raised, fielded panelling. Partially moated site.
(RCHM Typescript: G. Millington, Little Berkhamsted, 1981).

Listing NGR: TL2906806835

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26625546

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide