Description

GREAT AMWELL LONDON ROAD TL 3510 (east side) Hertford Heath 14/25 Hailey House, at Haileybury and Imperial Service College 130 metres east of Quad GV II

School building formerly a private house. c1720, large dormitory wing 1865 by Matthew Digby Wyatt, older part altered 1879. Red brick with red tiled gabled roofs. An L-shaped 3-storeys building with the oldest part, at the angle, a double pile plan C18 house with parallel gabled roofs E-W. 4-windows S front with sash windows, segmental arches and modular cornice. Entrance in E end early C19 and arches for cellar openings. Semi-circular attic window to rear wing. Large 3-storeys purpose designed dormitory block added on W end projecting to S to allow for a tall entrance turret in the angle at the N. Its open lower part is of Venetian Gothic arches springing from a fat cast iron column with stone tas-de-charge. Original wrought iron grille in Gothic style. Heavy brick corbelled eaves, stone floor bands, a row of triangular gabled dormers, close set sash windows to the dormitory. Larger more widely spaced windows on ground floor. Stone corbelling to W gable chimney. Rear wing 1879 simpler. This house pre-dates the college and was the residence of Rev. T R Malthus when a professor at the East India College (Haileybury). One of the first Wisterias in Britain is said to have been planted at the Hailey House in the early C19. Part of a picturesque red brick group E of the main Quad. (Matthews (1959) 165-6 : Blunt (1966) 5, 12, 28).

Listing NGR: TL3595810702

External Links

• Wikidata Q26625887

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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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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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)