11 And 13, Church Street

HERTFORD

TL3212NE CHURCH STREET 817-1/17/40 (East side) 12/04/73 Nos.11 AND 13

GV II

2 Houses, now offices. C16, altered C19 and C20. Timber-framed, first floor plastered, ground floor faced in red brick, laid to Flemish bond, at left, the remainder faced in dark-stained weatherboarding. Colourwashed plaster and pebbledashing at rear. Old tiled roof, formerly with central projecting jettied gable carried on timber brackets, red brick chimneystacks with orange clay pots. EXTERIOR: first floor has 32 paned Yorkshire sash window at left, 2 flush-set wood casements with divided glazing and architrave surrounds in centre and 1 small wood casement window at right; ground floor with modern plain glazed closed window in earlier (but partly rebuilt) opening with segmental arched rubbed brick above, C20 glazed door and sidelight and window with bold transom in earlier openings. C20 doors in earlier openings at right. INTERIOR: late C16 or early C17 timber-framed structure, with cambered tie beam with queen struts, formerly with arch bracing against party wall with No.9 (qv) on first floor. Rear first floor wall plate has 2 early studs and mortices for 3 more, chimneystack inserted. Ground floor has corner fireplace in No.11, exposed mortices for studs in C20 rear porch, and exposed beams in ceiling of right-hand (south) room, formerly No.13. (Green L: Hertford's Past in pictures: Ware: 1993-: 51).

Listing NGR: TL3270412538