The Artichoke Ale House

TQ 09 NE RICKMANSWORTH THE GREEN (West side) Croxley Green

6/157 The Artichoke Ale House

GV II

Public house. Early C17, extended late C18. Altered and extended C19 and C20. Timber frame to core. Extended and cased in red brick with burnt headers. Later stock brick and rendered additions. Tiled roof. Original 2 bay house with gable end to the Green refronted and extended to the left, 3 window front. 2 storeys. C20 central entrance porch and ground floor canted bay all under a slate hood. First floor C19 flush frame sashes. Dentilled brick eaves. Hipped roof. Right return has original house set slightly behind later front. Later external stack at junction of 2 builds. Exposed posts. Ground floor 24 pane horizontal sliding sash. First floor 2 light casement. To rear gable end some exposed framing and a large original external stack, English bond with offsets, crow stepped sides, lean-to oven. C19 stock brick continuous outshut addition to rear of C18 block. C20 additions to left link to earlier outbuilding, rendered with dentilled brick eaves. Interior: large C17 fireplace, ground floor stop chamfered binding beam. Curved braces to tie beams, that to centre cut, and to wall plates. Queen struts to collars clasping purlins, wind braces.

Listing NGR: TQ0693295597