18, Upper Dagnall Street

The following building shall be added to the list:-

TL 1407 SE ST ALBANS UPPER DAGNALL STREET (north side) 9/10000 No 18

GV II

House. Cl7; extended in C18 and or C19. Stuccoed timber frame. Gable-ended roof with concrete tiles at front and plain clay tiles at rear. Brick gable end stack. Plan: 1 bay (plus chimney bay or remains of another complete bay on right), 1-room plan, heated from gable end stack on right and with later outshuts at rear. Exterior: 2 storeys. 1-window south front with C20 16-pane sashes and doorway to left with moulded frame, simple wooden canopy on shaped brackets and C20 glazed door. Right hand (east) end is blank. At rear outshut has been raised and now has flat roof. Interior: The timber-framing was exposed during repairs and appears to be largely complete, including:- storey posts, some close-studding, rails and tension braces; tie-beam and queen-post roof trusses at either end with clasped purlins above the collar, curved wind-braces, intermediate collar with birdsmouth joint to purlins; the upper sections of the common rafters, above the purlins, are missing. The first floor is supported on a chamfered axial beam with (step?) stops and similarly chamfered and stopped joists. Winder staircase beside brick stack.

Listing NGR: TL1462707283