Description

TL 2128
10/143
29.5.69

WYMONDLEY
ARCH ROAD
(West side)
Great Wymondley
Hornbeam Court,
Nos. 1 (Howard Cottage), 2 (Seymour Cottage), 3 (Boleyn Cottage), 4 (Aragon Cottage), 5 (Cleeves Cottage)
(formerly listed as Hornbeam Cottages Nos 1-6)

GV
II

Block of 5 small houses. 1818 for William Wilshere, Lord of the Manor,
built by Wellers of Hitchin for £200 (HRO). Renovated, re-thatched and
rear extensions built 1974 for Herts Buildings Preservation Trust.
Roughcast presumably on timber frame, stuccoed plinth, and steep
thatched half-hipped roof with fancy ridge. Slate roof to rear lean-to.
A row of 16-storeys cottages ornee on roadside facing E. 3 red brick
chimneys to ridge and one to N gable. E front has 7 eyebrow 2-lights
dormer windows at the eaves, 5 boarded doors in narrow frames with
foresteps, and 10 flush 2-lights small casement windows each with an
external boarded shutter folding down from the sill. 2 dormers at rear.
(Pevsner (1977)154: inf Mr. Farris).

Listing NGR: TL2128328413

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26630894

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Recommended Books

• 
  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)