Description

TQ 09 SE RICKMANSWORTH STOCKER'S FARM ROAD (Southwest side) Rickmansworth 9/229 Stocker's Farm House 27.7.72

GV II

House. Probably C17, rebuilt, cased and extended in C18 and C19. Some exposed timber frame in gables, walls appear to be of brick construction, red with burnt headers and later stock. Tiled roofs. A rectangular multi- gabled block with a wing to form an L. Original plan obscure. 2 storeys. 3 bay front with slightly projecting central entrance bay. Later gabled timber porch above which is a glazing bar sash in a box frame and a gable with exposed tie beam, queen struts to collar clasping purlin. Left bay has a C19 canted bay on ground floor, first floor glazing bar sash and exposed purlins and plates in a broader gable with a taller ridge. Right bay has 4 light casements with leaded panes, ground floor cambered head. Burnt brick vertical strips. Projecting brick course at eaves. Continuous brick plinth. Right return: burnt brick vertical strips and exposed framing in 2 gables. A first floor single light near front. Ground floor rectangular bay and first floor tripartite sash towards rear. To rear and set back is a part stock brick wing with an entrance under a raked hood. Ground floor 5 light casement and 2 first floor sashes in reveals. Ridge stack towards front and rear gable end stack. Left return from front has 2 stacks, 1 window on each floor and a projecting brick course at eaves level. To rear: wing to left has red brick ground floor and Stock brick first floor, stock brick gable end to short wing to right which has a ground floor rectangular bay and a first floor 16 pane sash. Ridge line broken to centre. Centre right has a first floor sash and dentilled brick eaves. Centre left has a horizontal sliding sash. Ground floor additions. Interior not inspected. (Pevsner 1977).

Listing NGR: TQ0521893333

External Links

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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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