Part Of Former House And Attached Garden Wall Approximatley 15 Metres South Of Toppinghoe Hall

TL 71 SE HATFIELD PEVEREL TERLING HALL ROAD (west side)

5/90 Part of former house and attached garden 2.5.53 wall, approx. 15 metres south of Toppinghoe Hall,(formerly listed as Barn at Toppinghoe Hall, to S of house)

GV II

Part of late C16 house and attached garden wall. Red brick in Flemish stretcher bond. 2 walls remain, facing NW and SW, with 2 external stacks on the latter. Formerly of 2 storeys with attic. The gable end facing NW has on the ground and first floors an original window of 5 lights, with ovolo-moulded jambs, mullions and transom, square head and moulded label, blocked. In the attic gable there is one original window of 3 lights with ovolo-moulded jambs and mullions, square head and label. Diagonal pinnacle on gable. The SW elevation has on the ground floor a transomed window of 2 lights and 2 on the first floor, with similar detail, and an altered stair window at half-height. Central doorway with 4-centred arched head, blocked. On the inside of the same wall there is a fireplace on each floor with moulded 4-centred arch, chamfered jambs, and traces of original plaster. At the time of survey, January 1985, there was no roof or floor, and the NW gable end was shored with timber. The SE gable end and the upper part of the S corner have been demolished in recent years, with consent. Extending NW from the NW corner, and integrated with it, a garden wall approx. 6 metres long, 2 metres high, including one gateway, with a plinth of cut brick and renewed coping. In the SW side there are 2 recesses, one forming a nesting hole, the other (of which the timber lintel is missing) possibly a bee bole. RCHM 3.

Listing NGR: TL7729811539