Description

TQ 19 NE ALDENHAM WATLING STREET
(East side)
Elstree

7/56 The Waggon and Horses PH
-

- II

Public House. Mid to late C17. Early to mid C19 brick casing and
alterations. Some original timber framing. Brick walls. Tiled roof. 5
bays, 3 windows, 2 storeys. Entrance between 2 left windows. Bracketed
C19 hood. Flanking ground floor C19 canted bays above which are 2 C19
sashes. To right a second entrance and a 3 light ground floor casement.
First floor weatherboarding with a single light. 2 straight joints in
front wall. Roof half hipped to left with C19 external stack. Cross
axial stack towards right on front pitch. Tilehanging on right gable
end. Weatherboarded lean-to addition to right with slate roof.
Contemporary continuous outshut to rear with 2 hipped projections,
larger is former staircase wing. Flat roofed 1 storey rear extension not
of special interest. Interior: some exposed timber, chamfered bearers,
inglenook with ovens. (Herts Archaeology, vol.6, 1978, p.78).

Listing NGR: TQ1743996904

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• The Waggon And Horses Public House official website
• Wikidata Q26397640

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings