Clockhouse Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 June 1987. A 18th century Dwelling. 1 related planning application.

Clockhouse Cottage

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Hertfordshire
Country
England
Date first listed
3 June 1987
Type
Dwelling
Source
Historic England listing

Description

BARKWAY HIGH STREET TL 3835 (West side) Barkway

9/54 No. 158 (Clockhouse Cottage)

  • II

Turnpike toll house, now a dwelling. Late C18, extended and altered C20. Roughcast brick. Steeply pitched tiled roof. Originally 2 bays, extended 1 bay to left. 2 storeys. Entrance with plank door to right. 2 light small pane casements, slightly recessed with segmental heads. First floor right hand window has an iron bracket for left light possibly relating to original tollgate function, next to this is a clock in a round chamfered opening with a bracketed hood. Cogged brick eaves. Right gable end parapet and internal stack. Original left end stack now adjoins added left bay with a slightly higher ridge. Left end ground floor bow window and first floor 2 light casement. Attached to right is a low 1 storey weatherboarded outbuilding with a steeply pitched roof, a further lower outbuilding to far right with a stack. Lean-to outshuts to rear. Interior not inspected. The house is set at an angle so as to provide a view of the road as it approaches Barkway. Listed for historical interest.

Listing NGR: TL3835335084

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