Description

TL 4216 WIDFORD NETHER STREET
(east side)
Widford village

4/8 Chestnut Tree Cottage
(formerly The Laurels)
-

GV II

House. C18, altered in early C19. Red brick plastered on front
colourwashed at sides. Steep red tiled roof and front porch,
pantile rear lean-to. A tall 2 storeys and attics house, 3
windows wide, facing W. 2 room and central lobby plan with 2
external gable chimneys in red brick. Nearly symmetrical front
has 2 gabled dormers with bargeboards and 2-light Gothick
casements. On First Floor a 2-light casement over the porch
flanked by 3-light flush casements. Similar casement to right of
porch but 2-light French windows to left. These have same pointed
Gothick head to each light as all the windows. Square projecting
gabled porch with high pointed arched opening and small pointed
window in each flank wall. 6-panel half glazed door. The porch
is off-centre to the window over. An historic picturesque
Gothick house of great importance in the group in this part of
the Conservation Area.

Listing NGR: TL4206116009

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26471522

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)