249, Hertingfordbury Road

No. 249 on Hertingfordbury Road is a house that was originally built as a ground floor shop in 1876. It is constructed of yellow gault brick in Flemish bond and features a gabled roof covered with old tiles.

The building is two stories tall. On the first floor, there is a wood mullion and transom casement window with divided glazing located in the gable on the left, which is set under a rubbed brick cambered arch. Above this window is a terracotta shield displaying the date '1876' and the Cowper crest. To the center right, there is a 20th-century steel window, and there are also two 2-light wood casements with divided glazing.

The ground floor features two 3-light mullion and transom casements, both set under rubbed brick cambered arches, along with a central glazed door that has flush lower panels. On the right side, there is a broad carriageway with an elliptical rubbed brick arch that has a chamfered intrados and jambs, leading to twin leaf boarded gates. At the rear, there is a courtyard with lower two-storey outshuts that have tiled roofs and are of an earlier date than the main front block. The interior has not been inspected.