The House Of Orange

TL 4215 WIDFORD HUNSDON ROAD (east side) Widford village

6/11 The House of Orange (formerly White House - Farmhouse)

GV II

House. C16 or earlier. Timberframed plastered house with steep old red tile gabled roof. a 3-unit lobby entrance house with a massive central chimney one third from N end and extending to rear wall. S gable end rebuilt in brick incorporating an internal gable chimney. 2 storeys, cellar and attic house facing W. Large 2 storeys C19 brick rear wing at NE with recessed sash windows. Front has 3 windows to each floor and door in line with chimney. Modern panelled pargetting of basketwork or roughened panels with applied rose motifs. 4-panel modern door in broad wooden surround with moulded edge and flat moulded hood. C19 2-light casement windows almost flush with horizontal glazing bars and dripboards on small brackets. Cross beams and axial beams carry the upper floor. Prominent C17 brick T-shaped chimney above roof. Possibly the house called 'Veylys' in C16. Former name was from an Elizabethan Henry Whyte (HLHS (1979) 30). An historic timberframed house. Part of a group in this part of the village Conservation Area.

Listing NGR: TL4201515796