Burnside Cottage Hunts Cottage

Dane End TL 3321 LITTLE MUNDEN MUNDEN ROAD (west side)

10/12 Burnside Cottage, and Hunts Cottage (formerly listed as Three Cottages n. of 24.1.67 the entrance to the Nurseries under the rural district of Ware)

GV II*

House, now 2 houses. C14 or early C15, C17 S wing and inserted floor and central chimney in hall. Divided in C18 or early C19. Timber frame plastered with red brick underbuilding of formerly jettied front of N wing. Steep old red tile roofs. Former open- hall house with N crosswing, and S crosswing probably built in C17. Lobby entrance created with insertion of floor in hall. One and a half storeys with 2-storeys gabled wings, facing E. Roof of hall part sweeps down at front with a window and door in line with tall central chimney of conjoined square shafts. Bargeboarded gabled wings with one window to each floor. 2-light small-paned casement windows generally. Flush box sash windows with many small panes, in N wing. Open truss of hall has tie- beam moulded with 2 orders, chamfered and quadrant, with crown- post braced to tie-beam. Cambered tie beam cut through to build chimney stack and removed piece reused as fireplace lintel. Curved tension bracing in N wing (Hunts Cottage) and close studding. Axial ceiling beams inserted in hall are chamfered with pyramid stop. (RCHM Typescript).

Listing NGR: TL3324021330