68, Bury Lane

TL 21 NE 3/29

DATCHWORTH BURY LANE (Northeast side) Datchworth No. 68

GV II

House, former church cottage. c.1840 at expense of Abel Smith of Woodhall Park, Watton-at-Stone C.P. (q.v.). Yellow stock brick. Steeply pitched decoratively tiled roof. Cottage orné. T on plan. 1 storey and attics. 2 window front. Gable fronted left bay projects forward. Ground floor rectangular bay window with 6 light mullion and transom lattice casements with chamfered surrounds, similar fenestration throughout. 2 lights in attic with shaped kneelers to gable parapet with rendered coping. To right inside angle of projection is entrance porch, vertically panelled door, coped flat head. To right a 6 light mullion and transom window and a tall 2 light dormer with a steep gabled head with an ornamental bargeboard. Right gable end shaped kneelers to coped parapet, extruded stack with 2 octagonal shafts with moulded caps and bases. Cross axial stack to centre is similar. Roof has alternate sawtooth and fishscale tiling. Gabled bay projects slightly to rear right. Slate roofed lean-to added to rear left. Interior not inspected. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: TL2683119287