Description

DATCHWORTH WATTON ROAD
TL 21 NE
(South side)
Datchworth Green
3/41 Hopper's Hall
20.10.52
GV II

House. c.1640 with minor additions and alterations. Timber frame on
brick base, rendered. Steeply pitched tiled roof. Large 3 cell lobby
entry with porch and stair wings. 2 storeys and attics. Original 2
storey entrance porch to right of centre, raised 6 panelled door in
architrave with small bracketed hood, first floor 2 light small pane
moulded flush frame casement. Hipped roof on porch. All other windows to
front are 6 light mullion and transom small pane moulded flush frame
casements. Continuous eaves cornice. Large axial stack behind entrance
bay is multiform stretcher bond with moulded capping. Similar smaller
stack slightly extruded at left end, also original. Right gable end
exposed plates and purlins. Rear elevation full height gabled stair wing
to rear of entrance bay, a low 1 storey and attic later C17 gabled wing
projects to rear of left or service bay, these are linked by a 1 storey
C20 flat roofed addition. Scattered small pane flush frame casements and
a 2 light gabled dormer to rear. Low gabled bakehouse addition extends
from left end. Interior: exposed framing with close studding and tension
braces, ogee stop chamfered axial bearers and fireplace lintel. Early
C18 open well stair with turned balusters, moulded ramped handrail.
(RCHM 1910: Pevsner 1977: RCHM Typescript).

Listing NGR: TL2697818231

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Hopper's Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26381540

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Recommended Books

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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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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)