7, Walnut Tree Road is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1988. House.
7, Walnut Tree Road
- WRENN ID
- gentle-span-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1988
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
7 Walnut Tree Road is a house that has been divided into two homes. It dates back to the 16th century, with the west wing added in the 17th century and renovations made in the early 18th century. The building features a timber frame covered in roughcast and has a steep old red tiled roof, while the rear slope of the west wing is slated.
The house is arranged with two cells and is one and a half storeys tall, facing east. The taller single-bay, two-storey and attic west parlour wing faces north (which is now No. 9). The north front has a two-light casement window on each floor in both parts of the building, with a door to the left of each window. There is a large red brick external chimney from the 17th century on the west gable of the wing.
To the south end of the east range, there is a lean-to extension that consists of two bays and was originally open to the roof. The addition of a floor required the cutting of a tie-beam, which has been encased in the middle of the inserted central chimney that features back-to-back fireplaces and a stair on the west side. Inside, there are exposed timbers of the tie-beam and collar in the front wall, along with a clasped-purlin roof. The building includes jowled posts, unjowled mid-bay posts, and straight tension braces.
The north room has chamfered and stopped joists and an axial beam, along with two two-panel fielded doors with H-hinges. The later wing has a catslide rear outshut, with the structural rear wall exposed and featuring heavy curved tension braces. The axial beams support the floors, and the roof has jowled posts, a clasped-purlin structure, and thin straight wind-braces. The east gable is dark weatherboarded and sits over the roof of the east range.
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