Description

HERTFORD

TL3212NW OLD CROSS
817-1/16/138 (South side)
16/02/72 No.5

GV II

Shop, with residence above. C17, with C18 and C19 alterations.
Timber-framed and plastered, with brick infill at right in
carriageway of No.1 St Andrew Street (qv), weatherboarded rear
outshoot, old tiled roof with wood eaves cornice.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, with attics to front block. First floor
has single 1 flush set sash window with glazing bars and
architrave surround. Ground floor has full width mid/late C19
shopfront underbuilding jetty. Large plate glass display
window, with panelled wood stallriser, and multi-light
fanlight. Recessed, glazed door at left, with canted return to
shop window. Pilasters left and right, with carved consoles,
and fascia board with moulded surround planted on jettied
first floor. Single casement dormer. Yellow brick chimney with
oversailing course and terracotta pot. Rear slope of roof and
outshoot finished with corrugated asbestos.
INTERIOR: ground floor partly opened out originally functioned
as shop, and rear living room, the latter with a corner
fireplace. To the rear is a C19 outshoot with scullery and
wash house, with lofts above. First floor has 2 rooms, each
with corner fireplaces, and elm plank floors. Attic with
exposed purlins and ceiled upper roof, narrow bay with stair,
with exposed, whitewashed fan pargeting. Cellar with red brick
walls and blue brick floor.
(Smith JT: English Houses 1200-1800: The Hertfordshire
Evidence: London: 1992-: 162; Smith JT: Hertfordshire Houses:
Selective Inventory: London: 1993-: 85-6).

Listing NGR: TL3245112650

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26559101

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