76-78, HIGH STREET

SP 9907 NE 2/10004

HIGH STREET BERKHAMSTED Nos 76 - 78

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Former dwelling, now with shop front to ground floor. Dated 1863, with late C19 and C20 alterations. Red brick with ashlar limestone dressings and blue brick diaper work. Coped gables, tall ridge chimney stacks with corbelled heads, and a plain tile roof covering. Victorian gothic style. Street elevation; 2 storeys and attics, with tall gable to left and gabled dormer within roof slope of right hand part. Gable with two 2-light mullioned windows with sash frames within cusped arched heads below a cambered brick relieving arch. Single light window with pointed arched head to gable apex, with diaper work decoration in the surrounding brickwork, including the date of 1863, and the linked initials J.R.' at the apex head. Right hand part with 2-light first floor window, and single light roof gabled dormer with steeply-pitched roof. Shop front with shallow stall riser, spindle frame to shop windows with brackets to comers, and rectangular overlights. Wide glazed door to centre, secondary doorway to right with replacement integral fanlight door. A well-detailed and prominently-sited example of Victorian Gothic architecture which groups well with nos 80 - 86 High Street (qv).

Listing NGR: SP9952507663