Cartshed and piggery at Dunsley Bungalow

The cartshed and piggery were built in 1920 by the Hertfordshire County Land Agent's Office for Mr Jeacock, the first tenant of Dunsley Bungalow. The design is attributed to Andrew Gray. The structure is timber framed with a brick base, weatherboarded with elm, and features deal ledge and batten doors and a corrugated iron roof over close boarding. It sits on a concrete base with flat brick paving inset into the piggery floor. The cartshed section has a pair of full-height doors, while the piggery has a stable door. A timber fixed light window is at the rear. Inside the piggery, a brick-paved farrowing box has a flush concrete base and a timber shelf above. Originally, perimeter guard rails were fixed with wrought iron cramps, but these no longer survive.

Dunsley Bungalow, of which this is a part, is a rare example of a bungalow from the "Homes fit for Heroes" movement, part of the early 20th-century public housing initiatives in Hertfordshire. The bungalow was built on a two-acre plot taken from Dunsley Farm, which the County Council acquired from the Rothschild estate in 1919. The plot was allocated to Mr. A. Jeacock, a market gardener who had served in the First World War, under the Land Settlement (Facilities) Act 1919, which enabled local authorities to provide smallholdings to veterans. The smallholding remains intact and is managed in its original manner, featuring an orchard and livestock. It is the only surviving managed smallholding of this period in the county. Plans dated 1966 from the County Land Agents detail alterations to the kitchen and bathroom, although the final construction differs slightly from those drawings. Comparable smallholdings are located at Baldock and Kings Langley. The plot retains some original cast iron boundary posts and wires.