Description

NY 96 NW WARDEN LOW WARDEN

7/128 Low Warden House and
wall attached to rear

GV II

House. C17 refurbished later C18 and extended to rear early C19; reroofed with
upper windows altered to hipped dormers early C19. Pebbledashed rubble with
dressed quoins, flat tiled swept roof with stone copings and curved kneelers,
end rendered-brick chimneys on stone bases. 2 storeys and attic, 3 windows. Central
half-glazed door in early C19 flat surround with quarter-round moulding. Replaced
sash windows with glazing bars in wood box frames under lintels with false
voussoirs and true keystones; projecting stone sills. 3 hipped half dormers with
16-pane sashes breaking eaves. Original wing to left rear, early C19 outshut at
rear of main block and a converted outbuilding range set back to right. Rear
elevation shows 2 early C19 12-panelled sashes and door with oblong fanlight.
Interior shows curved staircase with turned balusters and ramped handrail, closed
string and panelled dado. Tall wall of coursed rubble on right side rear yard has
flat coping and segmental carriage arch with cut voussoirs.

Listing NGR: NY9145866450

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26448851

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]