Description

TL 2656 TL 2755 GREAT GRANSDEN MIDDLE STREET
(East Side)

14/61 15/61 Nos. 16 & 18
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GV II

Farmhouse, late C15 or early C16, now two dwellings. Timber
framed and plastered of five bays to main range, with cross-wing
to south of two bays possibly jettied with street facade altered
in late C19. Plain tile roofs half-hipped to cross-wing. Large
ridge stack with three reduced late C16 engaged diagonal brick
shafts. C20 side stack to cross-wing. Two storeys. Five first
floor and four ground floor windows, casements of various sizes
with glazing bars. Wide half-glazed door to No. 18 and bay
window and door to No. 16. Original plan of interior altered in
C19 when hearth was built into cross-passage of main range and
backing the hall hearth, the two service rooms to the north
became one, heated room, retaining the original trap door for a
stair or ladder. Inglenook hearth to hall has a fine moulded
mantel beam; moulded cross-beams to ceiling, with hollow-
chamfered and stopped joists. Solid braces with hollow-
chamfers at first floor level of chimney truss and evidence of
similar, but larger braces to the display truss. Splayed and
under-squinted scarf-joint to west wall plate, and series of
circular carpenters' assembly marks. Side purlin roof with
curved wind braces in each bay.
RCHM (Hunts) mon.(37), p122.

Listing NGR: TL2706055782

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26506222

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version