Description

TQ 1295 BUSHEY HIGH STREET
(North side)
Bushey

13/87 Nos. 4, and 6
-

GV II

House. Late C15 or early C16. Floored in stages late C16 to C17.
Refronted late C18 or early C19, altered later C19. Timber frame, red
brick front, No. 6 whitewashed. Steeply pitched machine tiled roof. 2
bay hall with service bay to left. First floor chambers inserted at
ends, centre floored subsequently. 1 storey and attic. No. 4: 2 windows,
central entrance. No. 6: 1 window to right of entrance. Early C19
doorcases, bracketed hoods, No. 4 has reeded lintel and jambs. Ground
floor C19 sashes in flush frame moulded architraves, gauged brick flat
arched heads. Plat band. 3 C19 gabled dormers with bargeboards.
Dentilled brick eaves. Inserted cross axial ridge stack over entrance to
No. 4. Left end external stack. Right end stack on front pitch. To rear:
casements in stock brick, lean-to additions. Interior: lower king strut
roof with curved queen struts, collars clasp purlins. Hollow chamfered
and curved supporting braces and wind braces. (Pevsner 1977: G.Bailey
and G.Longman, Bushey:Then and Now vol.6, 1971).

Listing NGR: TQ1298695321

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26468247

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2