Description

TL 11 SW REDBOURN REDBOURNBURY LANE
(south side)
REDBOURN

5/240 Redbournbury

GV II*

Farmhouse, originally a manor house belonging to the Abbey of St
Albans. Incorporates large C15 hall. Extended mid C16 and mid-
late C17. C19 plastered walls. Plain tile roof. 2 storeys. 4
C19 glazing bar casements. Central wide half-glazed door in
modern surround. Gabled cross wing on right is mid C16. The
hall is left of the cross wing, its ends marked by red brick
ridge chimney stacks, mid C16 on W (an insertion into a cross
passage); mid-late C17 on E. Walls of hall are stone-faced
flint. Internally there are stone arched doorways to the rear of
the side walls. Broad fireplace on W side with roll-moulded 4-
centre arch. Exceptionally well preserved roof. 3 bays. Smoke
blackened timbers throughout. Arch braced collar trusses on
carved stone corbels. Curved wind braces. Original smoke louvre
in centre. E fireplace has timber lintel. Mid-late C17 gabled
stair turret at rear. Service wing of same date on E, but with
later red brick casing. (RCHM Typescript).

Listing NGR: TL1202810736

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17555463

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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record