Holly Bush Public House

TQ 1795 ELSTREE HIGH STREET (West side) Elstree

14/166 Holly Bush PH 30.4.74

GV II*

Former house, now Public House. C15, altered and extended C17. Waggon way cut through C18. Refronted C19. Timber frame. Brick and tile hung front, weatherboarding. Tiled roof. Single ended open hall with crown post roof. 2 bay hall now 2 storeys. C19 sash with dormer above to left. Right bay now waggon way. Cross wing to left originally jettied to front. Underbuilt with entrance to right and 1 window to ground floor. First floor sash. Tile hung gable. C17 ridge stack. Small C19 stack on front pitch of hall. 3 bay extension to rear of cross wing, originally kitchen and stables, weatherboarded and rendered. Scattered windows and doors, some mortices for wooden diamond mullions survive. Roof hipped to rear. Original service bay to right demolished C20. In waggon way timber frame exposed. Central truss to left has crown post with longitudinal brace to collar purlin. Arched braced cambered tie beam. Jowled posts. C18 brick wall to right has timbering above. Interior: good timbering. Ground floor front: chamfered binding beam, arched braced. Hollow chamfered jambs and lintel to fireplace behind which is C17 staircase with splat balusters. (RCHM Typescript).

Listing NGR: TQ1786695461