Bengeo Hall Cottage And West Yard Wall

HERTFORD

TL3313NE ST LEONARD'S ROAD, Bengeo 817-1/14/285 (East side) 10/02/50 Bengeo Hall Cottage and west yard wall (Formerly Listed as: BENGEO Bengeo Hall and Bengeo Hall Cottage)

GV II

Detached cottage approx 5m south of west wing of Bengeo Hall (qv). C18, with C20 alterations and extensions. Red brick, Flemish bond with gabled old tiled roof. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, extended westwards late 1980s. West and south elevations have C20 sash windows beneath segmental brick arches with flat extrados; north elevation to rear yard has two C19 square recessed 9-pane sash windows at first floor. Ground floor with 3 doors, 2-panel, with elaborate Chinese Chippendale patterned upper panels, glazed behind, and flush lower panels, all set below segmental brick arches. INTERIOR: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: substantial 3m high red brick wall, Flemish bond, encloses service yard, and has attached C18 storage hutch with wood latticework and slated sides and twin 2-panel wood latticework doors. Wall returns around north of west wing, with gate piers, and slate roofed lean-to on east, with brick piers moulded stone caps and oak finials. Main west face of wall cement rendered with wires for vines; vinery now demolished. Cottage and wall form part of the setting of Bengeo Hall (qv).

Listing NGR: TL3300313780