Old Farm Cottages

TL 00 SE ABBOTS LANGLEY LANGLEYBURY King's Langley

3/55 Nos. 1, 2 and 3 Old Farm Cottages

GV II

Three houses, originally labourer's accommodation for Langleybury Home Farm. Early C18 refronting and extension of a C17 house. Timber frame to early core. Red brick front and extension. Hipped tiled roof. 2 storeys and attic. 5 window front. Entrances in centre and outer bays with side lights, intermediate and first floor C20 casements, all with segmental arched heads, extra windows inserted. Plinth. Plat band to parapet. Pilaster strips at ends. 3 dormers that to centre gabled, flanking hipped. Cross axial stack between 2 right bays. Left end stack. 2 bay left return, blind openings with segmental heads, 1 casement inserted. 2 bay C17 house ia at right angles to rear right with a lower ridge. Right return has first floor exposed framing, mid rail, posts and studs, 2 light casements, an external stack with an offset. Behind stack a catslide roof extends over a lean-to outshut. 3 light casements in brick rear gable end, exposed plates and purlins. A gabled wing extends from C17 block to rear of C18 block, which has an entrance with a hood. Parapet as at front. Interior not inspected. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: TL0773200128