West Terrace Walls,Steps And Seat At Briggens House Hotel 20 Metres South Of House is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. Terrace walls, steps, seat.
West Terrace Walls,Steps And Seat At Briggens House Hotel 20 Metres South Of House
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-stone-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Type
- Terrace walls, steps, seat
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TL 41 SW HUNSDON HARLOW ROAD (A414) (south side)
2/27 West Terrace walls, steps and seat at - Briggens House Hotel 20 metres S of house
GV II
Terrace walls and steps. Circa 1908 for H C Gibbs. Plum brick with rcessed joints in walls, deeply chamfered stone copings, stone and moulded stucco seat, York stone paving. Formal lower terrace to S of house, 80 metres long with seat in recess at .W end at upper level. 2 flights of 7 semicircular brick steps project southward, 1 near each end, flanked by low square brick piers with stone capping set in the long brick retaining wall with similar capping. Seat modelled in Florentine style with circular central achievement in the back with motto 'Tenax roposite'. Possibly part of the same terraced design with the Portland stone upper terrace and tank attached to the house. An impressive architectural feature, essential to the setting of the house.
Listing NGR: TL4136611164
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