The Hook House is a Grade II listed building in the Welwyn Hatfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 1952. House. 3 related planning applications.
The Hook House
- WRENN ID
- muted-chamber-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 February 1952
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Northaw TL 20 SE NORTHAW AND COOPER'S LANE CUFFLEY (north side)
12/237 The Hook House
6.2.52
- II
House. 1839. Asymmetrical Tuscan-style villa showing influence of Loudon's Encyclopaedia. Painted stucco. Slate roof. 2-3 storeys and attics. S elevation has 3 window broad gable end on right, the ground floor with banding and recessed central door; narrow flanking windows. 3 round-headed 1st floor windows with intermediate blanks. To centre is 4-storey gabled tower with relieving arch to 1st and 2nd floors; square attic windows flanked by simple pilasters. 3-window left hand service wing. E and N elevations have left hand canted ground floor window bays, the E one in slight gabled projections. Floor band and wide eaves canopy to whole house. Recessed sash windows. Interior has large, open-well, early-C18 staircase, said to have come from Gobions House. Each tread has iron twist, barley twist and fluted balusters. The sides with acanthus scrolls. Walls have C18 Flemist tapestries. E ground floor room has Adam style husk and foliage friezes, and N room has C17-style panelling with alcove on W flanked by fluted Doric columns (Pevsner (1977)).
Listing NGR: TL2787501280
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