Description

TL 31NE THUNDRIDGE POLES LANE
(north side)
Thundridge
2/5 Garden wall at
Thundridge House

GV II

Garden wall. Circa 1855. Hitch's patent bricks. Sub-
rectanqular walled garden between house and road, enclosed on 4
sides by shoulder height wall with triangular buttresses at
intervals, and square gatepiers in middle of side nearest house.
Of special interest for the exclusive use of several different
types of the large bricks patented bv Caleb Hitch of Ware in
1828, roughly 12" x 6" x 6", each brick having flanges and
cavities interlocking to economise in mortar and increase
structural strength. They are limited to the vicinity of Ware
(Branch Johnson (1970) 20).

Listing NGR: TL3537216726

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26346269

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