13 AND 15, OLD CROSS

HERTFORD

TL3212NW OLD CROSS 817-1/16/142 (West side) Nos.13 AND 15

GV II

Shops, now with offices above. Late C19, incorporating C17 3-bay timber-framed structure. Red brick, laid to Flemish bond, with yellow brick cornice and stucco dressings. Welsh slated roof with mansard front above parapet. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attics: first floor has 3 bays, with 6 sash windows in pairs, upper sashes 6 pane, lower sashes plain glazed recessed below rubbed brick arches. 3 wood casement dormers with slated cheeks, moulded cornice and lead flat roofs. Yellow brick cornice above with moulded courses and dentil course. Red brick moulded impost band. Recessed panels at intermediate bay lines. Continuous moulded stucco cornice at sill level with scroll and triglyph consoles on bay lines. Ground floor 3 unequal bays, with carriageway at left and moulded stucco reveals above impost blocks. Piers have pilasters with small stucco scrollwork pediment caps. Late C19 shopfront in centre and at right-hand; timber-framed plate glass windows above red brick stall risers with fascias below stucco cornice. C19 lean-to outshut across rear elevation. INTERIOR: exposed heavy section timbers, some chamfered with tongue stops, subdivision of attic into 3 bays, with heavy section principal rafters and collars, and pegged rafters, together with the position of the fireplace on the rear wall analogous to those in No.17, with the stair alongside, indicate the C17 origin of this building.

Listing NGR: TL3244512697