Description

HERTFORD

TL3212NE FORE STREET
817-1/17/71 (South side)
12/04/73 Nos.60 AND 64
(Formerly Listed as:
FORE STREET
Nos.44, 46 AND 64)

GV II

House, now ground floor shop with flats above to rear. C18,
refronted early C19. Timber-framed, with stuccoed front and
plastered rear, and long black-weatherboarded rear outshut.
Old tiled roofs, concealed by parapet at front, square red
brick chimneystack at right (west), plastered stack at rear.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, 2-bay front elevation. First and second
floors each with 2 slightly recessed 12-pane sash windows with
architrave surrounds. Flush panel bordered by incised channels
with Greek key ornament above first-floor windows. Plat band
at second-floor level. Recessed panels above second-floor
windows, then band with moulded cornice and blocking
course/parapet above. Ground floor has early C19 shopfront
with bow window (now plain glazed) over later red granite
stallriser, with recessed three quarter margin glazed door at
left set below fanlight with painted ornamental glass.
Panelled pilaster outer surround and fascia below cornice,
with C20 fascia board above.
The rear of the building is plastered with a hipped roof and
casement windows, above a long rear outshut, timber-framed and
black-weatherboarded with casement windows on first floor,
previously stabling with loft over, and approached through the
former carriageway (now blocked) beneath Nos 44 & 46
immediately to the right (west, not included). The outshut
includes Nos 60 and 64; the latter now includes storage and
garaging at ground-floor level, with 2 flats at first-floor
level, and 2 flats on first and second floors of the frontage
block of No.64.
INTERIOR: of shop contains C19 fittings.
HISTORICAL NOTE: this building has been used by Sheffield
Chemists since 1804, although the shopfront and facade appear
to be of slightly later dates c1820-30.
No.60 is included in the list for the first time.
(Hertfordshire Countryside: Moodey G: Georgian brickwork of
the choicest sort: Letchworth: 1946-1973: 28).

Listing NGR: TL3273112565

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26559207

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (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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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (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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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)