Description

DATCHWORTH BURY LANE
TL 21 NE
(Northeast side)
Datchworth
3/29
- No. 68
GV
II

House, former church cottage. c.1840 at expense of Abel Smith of
Woodhall Park, Watton-at-Stone C.P. (q.v.). Yellow stock brick. Steeply
pitched decoratively tiled roof. Cottage orné. T on plan. 1 storey and
attics. 2 window front. Gable fronted left bay projects forward. Ground
floor rectangular bay window with 6 light mullion and transom lattice
casements with chamfered surrounds, similar fenestration throughout. 2
lights in attic with shaped kneelers to gable parapet with rendered
coping. To right inside angle of projection is entrance porch,
vertically panelled door, coped flat head. To right a 6 light mullion
and transom window and a tall 2 light dormer with a steep gabled head
with an ornamental bargeboard. Right gable end shaped kneelers to coped
parapet, extruded stack with 2 octagonal shafts with moulded caps and
bases. Cross axial stack to centre is similar. Roof has alternate
sawtooth and fishscale tiling. Gabled bay projects slightly to rear
right. Slate roofed lean-to added to rear left. Interior not inspected.
Included for group value.

Listing NGR: TL2683519285

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26381535

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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