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36-38, Bridge Street

A Grade II Listed Building in Hitchin, Hertfordshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9457 / 51°56'44"N

Longitude: -0.2785 / 0°16'42"W

OS Eastings: 518421

OS Northings: 228861

OS Grid: TL184288

Mapcode National: GBR H5W.VTN

Mapcode Global: VHGNS.4C49

Plus Code: 9C3XWPWC+7J

Entry Name: 36-38, Bridge Street

Listing Date: 17 June 1974

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1347600

English Heritage Legacy ID: 161448

ID on this website: 101347600

Location: Hitchin, North Hertfordshire, SG5

County: Hertfordshire

District: North Hertfordshire

Electoral Ward/Division: Hitchin Highbury

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Hitchin

Traditional County: Hertfordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hertfordshire

Church of England Parish: Hitchin

Church of England Diocese: St.Albans

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Description



1.
5255 BRIDGE STREET
(South Side)
Nos 36 to 38 (consec)
TL 1828 NW 2/36

II GV


2.
Originally built ? circa 1600, altered in C18 and c19. 2 storey cottages,
plastered, with boxed wooden eaves which are supported by four broad carved
and moulded consoles, beneath a steep tiled roof with square dormers.
4 windows (ground floor, shop window), all restored; one canted bay window
on the upper floor of No 37, however, may contain or reproduce original
work (some timberwork shove beneath it, evidently the bay ran from the
ground right up into the roof). RCHM page 122; VCE page 5.

Nos 2 to 5 (consec) form a group.


Listing NGR: TL1842128861

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