Watford Museum is a Grade II listed building in the Watford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1952. Mansion.

Watford Museum

WRENN ID
gilded-transept-torch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Watford
Country
England
Date first listed
26 August 1952
Type
Mansion
Source
Historic England listing

Description

  1. 5259 HIGH STREET (south-west side)

No 196 (Watford Museum) TQ 1196 SW 10/67 26.8.52

II GV

  1. 1775 large red brick mansion. Three storeys parapet and slate roof. Two storey wings added circa 1807. Centre 5 window range, centre 5 bays breaking forward with pediment over. Bulls-eye window in pediment. Wood dentil cornice. Gauged brick flat heads to windows, glazing bar sashes. C19 central doorcase with hood on console brackets. To rear 2 full height curved bays with triple windows, added circa 1807. Wings 3 window range, parapets, altered. Rainwater head on north side dated 1775, with initials J A D possibly Dyson, brewers on the site. Head office of Benskin's Brewery from 1868. Interior mostly altered during C19.

Listing NGR: TQ1140296015

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