The Folly is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1985. House.
The Folly
- WRENN ID
- former-sandstone-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dacorum
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1985
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
CHIPPERFIELD THE COMMON TL 0401 (South side) 12/73 The Folly 26.11.85
- II
House. Late C17, C19 brick front, rear lean-to and division to 2 houses, S bay C20. Timber frame on stuccoed sill, roughcast with red brick front and steep old red tile roof, with slated 2-storeys part rear lean-to. A 2-cells, 2 storeys and attic, end chimneys plan house facing E, with matching added S part. Its plot was probably an encroachment on the common. Large external N gable chimney with one flue and enlarged base. Before the S extension with a casement window to each floor the front was symmetrical with a flush casement 3-light window on each side of the porch on each floor. Twin 2-panel flush doors in single ornate lean-to tiled porch with brackets and glazed arcading. Early C20 rectangular wooden bay window inserted to RH of porch. Casements to attic and small windows in N gable end facing common.
Listing NGR: TL0416001099
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