13, Bluecoat Yard

TL3514SE 829-1/9/47 25/07/79

WARE TOWN BLUECOAT YARD (West side) No.13

GV II

House. Late C17/early C18. Timber-framed structure, with early C19 brick casing. Red brick, with later yellow stock brick extension at rear subsequently replaced by 1980s garage, old tiled roof, with large rendered chimneystack off centre to ridge. 2 storeys. 2 recessed sash windows with glazing bars on ground floor, one at first floor, beneath slightly cambered brick arches. Entrance on north side, a 4-panel flush door beneath a cambered brick arch, set against the stack, giving a partial baffle entry plan. Roof truss and wall plates exposed internally. The building is not an integral part of the adjoining terrace Nos 3-12 (qv) with which it forms a group, but its framed structure indicates a construction within a half-century of their late C17 origin. Christ's Hospital retained ownership until 1894. (Ware Tithe Map: 1845-; Ware 25" to 1 Mile. Surveyed by the Ordnance Survey Department: 1851-; The Victoria History of the County of Hertford: London: 1912-: 381).

Listing NGR: TL3590214405