Description

The following building shall be added:-

TL 03 NW AMPTHILL DUNSTABLE STREET
(East Side)
1/180 No. 67

GV II

House and shop. Circa C17, remodelled in C18 and C19 and extended
in C19. Rendered timber frame. Slate roof with gabled ends.
Rendered brick gable end stack with set offs and later brick
shaft.
2-room plan, the left hand (north room) heated from gable end
stack, the right hand room unheated. Later outshut at rear now
incorporated into C19 extension behind right hand room. 2-storeys
2 window west front. C20 casements on first floor and two small
C20 shop windows on ground floor. At rear short section of
outshut in angle with C19 rear wings; no windows.
Interior: stripped plaster and joinery exposing timber framing.
Left hand (north) room has chamfered axial beam with hollow step
stops and C19 brick fireplace. Right hand room has unchamfered
axial beam and joists. Probably in the C18 the eaves were raised
and the roof replaced but in the north gable end an original tie-
beam and collar truss survives with trenching for clasped
purlins.

Listing NGR: TL0338337782

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26496179

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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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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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments