Numbers 11 (The Red House) And 11A is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1968. A C18 House. 2 related planning applications.

Numbers 11 (The Red House) And 11A

WRENN ID
bitter-steel-nightshade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Hertfordshire
Country
England
Date first listed
27 May 1968
Type
House
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Numbers 11 (The Red House) and 11A are a large house, originally a single dwelling, now divided into two residences. The building has origins dating back to the 16th century, with the main block constructed around 1720. Early bays were remodelled, and a rear block was added around 1830. The facade is of red brick, with a plum brick casing and additions; some timber framing is visible in the earlier core. The roofs are covered in tiles and slate.

The main block is five bays wide, with two storeys, an attic, and a cellar. It features a plinth, stone steps with spear-headed iron railings leading to a central entrance with an eight-panelled door within an original Doric doorcase, featuring fluted pilasters and an egg and dart echinus. Glazing bar sashes are set in shallow reveals with gauged brick flat arches and stone sills. Giant end pilasters rise to a rebuilt stone coped parapet with a moulded brick cornice. Three hipped dormers, each with two small-pane windows, light the attic. Internal end stacks were rebuilt in the 19th century with oversailing caps, slightly extruded, and with offsets to the right. Stone coped gable end parapets are present, with gable end brick replacing earlier timber framing. A rainwater pipe and hopper are original features on the right end.

Attached to the left is a lower, two-bay service range with 16th-century origins, which was refaced and raised in the early 19th century to two storeys of unequal height. The ground floor entrance is on the left, with a four-panelled door in a deep recess and a cambered head. To the right is a flush frame three-light casement window with small panes. A plat band runs along the first floor, above which is a sixteen-pane glazing bar sash window, recessed to the left and flush-framed to the right. The roof is shallow-pitched and slate-covered. A stack is located at the left end, and the lower portion has cement rendering.

At the rear of the main block is an early 19th-century parallel range, slightly lower in height and with a shallower roof pitch. Facing the garden, the range is three bays wide, with the outer bays projecting forward. The ground floor features a central two-thirds glazed door with a semi-circular fanlight, a round-headed recess, and a relieving arch, flanked by full-height tripartite sashes with segmental heads. Plat bands are present at the impost level. The first floor has sixteen-pane glazing bar sashes and a moulded eaves soffit. There are end stacks. A round-headed staircase window is visible on the right end, as is a 1983 single-storey brick and slate-roofed addition. Low 19th and 20th-century slate-roofed additions extend to the rear of the kitchen wing.

The interior features a traditional "hall" with a through passage to the rear. It contains 18th-century raised panelling, box cornices, and bolection moulded fireplaces. Early 19th-century plaster cornices, depressed arched niches, and a dogleg staircase with slat balusters and a ramped handrail are also present. Chamfered bearers are visible in the earlier bays.

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