Abbots House is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. House. 1 related planning application.
Abbots House
- WRENN ID
- long-sill-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Abbots House is a house dating from around 1600, which incorporates the northern wing of a late medieval house from about 1500. The hall range was rebuilt to be two-storeys throughout. In the early 19th century, the house was given a Gothic appearance, and it features Edwardian bay windows. The structure is timber-framed and stuccoed, with the stucco cut back to expose the frame on the front. It has a steep slate roof and is two-storeys high with attics, measuring three windows long.
The front has a two-storey, stuccoed gabled porch with sash windows on each side on the upper floor, and an arched doorway with a drip mould. The entrance features a six-panel door with a fanlight above. There are five-light small-paned canted two-storey bay windows on either side of the porch, topped with a moulded cornice that supports a flat roof. The roof slope has three small gabled dormers with cusped bargeboards and finials that match the porch. A large central chimney is located to the right of the right-hand bay. The original northern bay has a 19th-century three-light flush casement window with a pointed head and moulded label on each floor.
At the southern end, there is a single-storey slate-roofed stucco extension with a moulded flat door hood supported by shaped brackets. The original house likely had an open hall with a two-storey bay at the northern end, which was probably a parlour. The circa 1600 two-storey house replaced the open hall and incorporated it, providing a chimney shared with the new hall. It likely had a cross-passage aligned with the later porch and an unheated service bay at the southern end, where a single-storey kitchen was added later and has since been rebuilt. The house's Gothic appearance was added in the early 19th century.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2022
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.