History in Structure

Offley Place (Hertfordshire Educational Department Residential Centre) and Linked North Service Block

A Grade II Listed Building in Great Offley, Hertfordshire

We don't have any photos of this building yet. Why don't you be the first to send us one?

Upload Photo »

Approximate Location Map
Large Map »

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9298 / 51°55'47"N

Longitude: -0.336 / 0°20'9"W

OS Eastings: 514511

OS Northings: 227004

OS Grid: TL145270

Mapcode National: GBR H5Z.ZVX

Mapcode Global: VHGNR.4R7H

Plus Code: 9C3XWMH7+WJ

Entry Name: Offley Place (Hertfordshire Educational Department Residential Centre) and Linked North Service Block

Listing Date: 9 June 1952

Last Amended: 24 October 1988

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1174815

English Heritage Legacy ID: 163106

ID on this website: 101174815

Location: Great Offley, North Hertfordshire, SG5

County: Hertfordshire

District: North Hertfordshire

Civil Parish: Offley

Built-Up Area: Great Offley

Traditional County: Hertfordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hertfordshire

Church of England Parish: Offley

Church of England Diocese: St.Albans

Tagged with: College English country house

Find accommodation in
Great Offley

Description


OFFLEY KINGS WALDEN ROAD
TL 1426 & TL 1427 (East side)
Great Offley

12/96 & 13/96 Offley Place
9.6.52 (Hertfordshire
Educational Department:
Residential Centre) and
linked N service block

GV II

Country house, now in educational use. 1806-10 by Sir Robert Smirke for
Rev Lynch Salusbury incorporating C17 E wing of manor house of Offley St
Ledgers (recased), stair tower reduced to general height 1929 for
Colonel Acland. Used for educational purposes since 1943. Red brick in
Flemish-bond with white brick dressings, front range stuccoed in later
C19. Hipped slate roofs. A tall symmetrical Gothick 3-storeys house
facing W set in parkland to N of parish church, and formerly with a
higher square central crenelated stair tower with 3 clearstorey windows
in each face reminiscent of Wyatt's design for Ashridge. Diagonal
buttresses to angles (paired corner buttresses added to 3-storeys old E
wing). 5 windows wide W front has narrow projecting central bay, gabled,
with diagonal buttresses and projecting Gothick porch with pointed
archway and rib-vaulted ceiling. 2-light mullioned and transomed
windows, smaller windows to 2nd floor. These windows have wooden sliding
sashes. Neale engraving shows twin canted single-storey crenelated bay
windows on S end, now gone. E face of this S end still in original
brickwork with tall pointed niche with gauged brick vaulted head.
Rectangular 2-storeys service wing to N has square corner turrets with
pointed slits. 2 linking contemporary single-storey ranges with
disproportionately large painted corbels below eaves. Original interior
arrangement had Drawing Room on S of entrance with Dining Room to rear
of it: Breakfast Room on N of entrance with small Parlour to rear. Lofty
ground floor of older E wing was the Library. Entrance into wide stone
paved hall by glazed timber Gothick screen, archway to square central
stair hall with three pointed windows in sides and lay-light under a
lantern. Single stair up sides of tower and stone steps down to library.
Copper Arts and Crafts chandelier hanging central. Heavy pointed double
doors with narrow panels with cusped heads. SW room has C18 white marble
classical fire surround. Upper floors have 6-panels moulded divided
doors. Former library has 4-centred stone fireplace and twin coved
niches on W wall with shaped shelves. (RCHM (1911)161: Pevsner
(1977)265: RCHM Typescript).


Listing NGR: TL1451127004

External Links

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

Other nearby listed buildings

BritishListedBuildings.co.uk is an independent online resource and is not associated with any government department. All government data published here is used under licence. Please do not contact BritishListedBuildings.co.uk for any queries related to any individual listed building, planning permission related to listed buildings or the listing process itself.

British Listed Buildings is a Good Stuff website.