87, 87B and 87C High Street

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TL 1738 346-/12/10002

HENLOW HIGH STREET Nos.87, 87B and 87C

(Formerly listed as Nos. 87 and 87B (odd) Manor Farmhouse)

II Former farmhouse, now subdivided. Part early C16 or earlier, extended C17 and C18, refenestrated C19 and C20. Timber framed, with exposed gable with jowled posts and diagonal bracing to rear, but remainder brick mainly painted. Tiled roof with brick chimney stack in centre of range and at end.

No 87 is of one storey and attics at front with gabled dormer and 2 storeys to rear with decorative tiles above brick. Two casement windows and gabled and tilehung painted brick porch. No 87B and 87C is L-shaped of two storeys with three windows to main range. Front has one C20 casement and one mid C19 casement with vertical glazing bars. Rear has projecting timber framed gable.

Interior features include frame with curved braces and curved tie beam, roof with coupled rafters, through purlins and collar beams and mid C 17 axial beam with chamfer, fillet, tongue and triangle.

This building was at one time owned by the Wrest Park Estate and is shown on an estate map of Henlow dated 1718 (Ref MA5/1)

Listing NGR: TL1765738620