Description

TL 1714
14/478
19.10.53

WHEATHAMPSTEAD
STATION ROAD
(east side)
WHEATHAMPSTEAD

Wheathampstead Place
(also known as Place Farm)
(formerly listed under High Street).

GV
II

Farmhouse. Late medieval hall house, formerly with cross wings
both ends. N wing demolished. S wing was heightened in the C16,
and a red brick wing added at rear in early-mid C17. Timber
frame. Plain tile roof. 2 storeys. Gabled S wing has close-
studded ground floor and similar 1st floor on the N side. C16
red brick to left ground floor. Upper floor has reused timber
frame. N elevation has large C17 external chimney stack and S
elevation 2 similar stacks. C19 and C20 glazing bar casements.
Rear elevation comprises 2 gable ends. C17 cross-bar stair
window with leaded casements. Door with ovolo-moulded oak frame.
Interior has a mid-late Cl7 dogleg staircase with plain slate
balusters. Door of same date to ground floor with moulded stiles
and mutins. C16 stone fireplace in hall. (Pevsner (1977)).

Listing NGR: TL1778214198

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26397649

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Recommended Books

• 
  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
• 
  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
• 
  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)