41, High Street

TL 4114 HUNSDON HIGH STREET (west side) Hunsdon village

7/22 No 41 (Formerly listed as 24.1.67 Ivy Cottage) )

GV II

House. 1837 (on large panel recessed in side chimney on left). Sawn timber frame with brick nogging, plastered. Steep old red tile roof. A small 2 storeys house linked to Village Hall group at right by a high plastered screen wall,- and presenting a symmetrical jettied gable end to the street. Modern rear extension not of special interest. Tall external red brick chimney on left side with datestone. Single storey canted bay window with tiled roof on side facing Village Hall. Central 6- panel door with fielded panels and small upright casement window to each side. 2-light leaded casement window over with label. Heavy cusped bargeboard. A pair of very richly carved early C18 consoles enriched with undercut swags and shells are re-used to support the ends of the front jetty and are its most notable architectural feature. Deep narrow joists carry the jetty. This jettied house is the left hand pavilion of a formal symmetrical composition centred on the former school (now the Village Hall). Carved early C18 brackets support the jetty of No 49, the corresponding pavilion on the righthand qv. This estate village town planning scheme was carried out when the Calvert family owned Hunsdon House. An historic early C19 estate house with features of special interest. An essential element in a formal symmetrical group centred on the Village Hall.

Listing NGR: TL4173714111