Description

ALDBURY STOCKS ROAD
SP 91 SE
(West side)
5/27
Tudor Cottage
30.11.66 (formerly listed as
Tudor Cottages, Stocks
Farm (2 dwellings))
GV
II
2 houses, now one house. W wing probably a fragment of C16 Stocks manor
house, middle part probably c.1600, S wing early C20 for
Mrs Humphrey Ward of Stocks House. Timber frames on low red brick
plinths, red brick infill panels, plastered panels to first floor of S
wing. Steep old red tile roofs. W wing shows signs of having been
plastered externally. A large 3-cells and S extension, internal chimney,
lobby-entry plan house, 2 storeys, cellar and attics, set well back from
the road, facing E. Gabled parlour crosswing at N with a ground floor
window, 2 first floor windows, and attic window. It shares the large
internal chimney with the 2 storeys, cellar and attic hall bay. This has
a window on each floor and a gabled dormer, high on roof. The narrower
bay to S has a gable rising from the front eaves with an attic window,
and one on each floor below. The lower 1½ storeys S extension has a
window on each floor. 2- and 3-light flush casement windows with lattice
leaded glazing on upper floors, rectangular on ground floor. Tiled
gabled porch. The crosswing has a fine brick fireplace with 4-centred
arch recessed in an ovolo-moulded surround. The hall fireplace backing
onto it has a large wooden lintel. Axial floor beam in hall, and stair
position to rear of chimney stack. On upper floor an arched brace to tie
beam of framed partition to S end of hall. (RCHM Typescript:
Pevsner(1977)65: Davis(1980) No.13).

Listing NGR: SP9646113286

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26631335

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Recommended Books

• 
  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)