Bear House is a Grade II* listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1968. A {} House, farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.
Bear House
- WRENN ID
- rooted-timber-spindle
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 May 1968
- Type
- House, farmhouse
- Period
- {}
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TL 2639 ASHWELL HIGH STREET (South side) Ashwell 8/33 No. 77 27.5.68 (Bear House)
GV II*
House, formerly farmhouse. Late C15 hall house with cross wings. Altered late C17 and C18 to form continuous range. Restored C19-20. Timber frame. Plastered walls. Plain tile roof. 2 storeys. 4½ bays. 4 windows, the 2 on right C19 sashes, the 2 on left glazing bar casements. To right of door is a 3-light diamond mullioned window of C16. The door itself is in original position at cross passage. Wide C15 pointed arch frame with plain wooden spandrels. To left of door the former service wing has an unusual quatrefoiled wooden ventilator band between floors. Left return wall has a 4-light blocked diamond mullioned window. Internally the hall was 2 bays to right of door; heightened to 2 storeys in late C17 when a lateral stack was inserted at rear. Bay to right, with C19 sashes, is an early C16 cross-wing addition. To right of this a late C17 or C18 half-bay addition. The left ground floor is partitioned into 2 rooms with a pair of ogee-headed doors. Fragmentary remains of an early C17 wall painting. (RCHM Typescript).
Listing NGR: TL2663639607
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