Description

TL3514SE
829-1/9/43
08/05/50

WARE TOWN
BLUECOAT YARD
(West side)
No.1

GV
II*

House. C16, remodelled late C17. Timber-framed, plastered,
pebbledashed and colourwashed. Old tiled roof with gabled
casement dormer, above coved plaster eaves cornice.
2 storeys and attics. 3 light flush casement windows ground
and first floors, flush panelled door in architrave surround
with weatherboard head at left. Shares its structure with the
north (right hand) bay of The Old Stables (qv). The basic
structure pre-dates the acquisition of the Bluecoat Yard
buildings by Christ's Hospital in 1685, but the remodelling
dates from late C17, probably to serve as `nurse cottages' for
the pupils of the school, with No.2 and the newly built Nos
3-12 (qv).
(Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England): An
Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire:
London: 1910-: 230; Ware Tithe Map: 1845-; Ware 25" to 1 Mile.
Surveyed by the Ordnance Survey Department: 1851-; The
Victoria History of the County of Hertford: London: 1912-:
381; Christ's Hospital Archives Map: 1685-; Christ's Hospital
Archives Building Accounts: 1680-1697; East Herts
Archaeological Society Transactions 1932-33: Lee WH: The Old
Blue-coat School Ware: Hertford: 1934-: 333-7; Rowe V Dr: The
Bluecoat Children in Ware 1564-1761: Ware Society: 1983-;
Bluecoat Yard Residents Association: More about Place House
and Bluecoat Yard: Ware: 1988-).

Listing NGR: TL3590014343

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17554007

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (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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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)