The White Hind House is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. Inn.
The White Hind House
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-zinc-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Type
- Inn
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The White Hind House is an inn that has been converted into a house. It dates back to the 16th century, likely between 1520 and 1560, and has undergone alterations in the early 17th century, early 18th century, and in 1848, as indicated by the 19th-century circular plaques on the front that read "Est 1436" and "Rest. 1848". The building features a timber frame that is roughcast, with the ground floor rebuilt in red brick, also partly roughcast. It has a steep old red tile roof and is two stories tall with a four-window front. The upper floor is jettied continuously.
The entrance includes a 19th-century Tudor battened door set under a contemporary flat arch with a label, located in the left part of the façade. This door is flanked by two-light and three-light casement windows in moulded frames, with similar flush casement windows on the upper floor. There are end gable chimneys on the building. The original layout likely consisted of a large two-bay room in the middle, with one-bay rooms on each end. The present carriageway, which leads to the yard on the right side, is from the 19th century and may not be in its original position.
At the northern end, there are service rooms with the main door in its current position. In the first half of the 17th century, a one-storey and attic east wing was added at the northern end, likely serving as a kitchen, which may have blocked the original cross-passage. There is a contemporary wall painting in the middle room on the first floor, which was formerly subdivided. In the first half of the 18th century, a new staircase was added at the northern end, along with quadrant moulded panelling in the upper corridor. The northern end chimney dates to the early 18th century at the latest, coinciding with the staircase addition.
In the early 19th century, a wide entrance was created, and a new room was added in the northeast wing. The old main chimney was replaced, and the newel stair replaced the original at the northern end. There is a small extension in the return angle, and the back wall was cut away when a fireplace was installed. The southeast wing was added for toilets in the late 19th or 20th century. Additionally, there is a 17th-century wall painting of large flowers in the infill of the truss in the northwest room on the first floor.
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