Description

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TL 31NW
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STANSTEAD ABBOTS
Tarbets Hill
ROYDON ROAD (north side)
The Bull House and forecourt wall at Stanstead Bury 30 metres north west of Bury

GV
II
Bull house now a garden pavilion linked to house by forecourt north wall. Late C17 with later alterations at end of C16 wall pierced by C19 gateway. Probably c.1689 for Edmund Field. Red brick in Flemish bond. A square single-storey building with steep pyramidal red tile roof, lead acorn finial, and wooden eaves cornice. Opening in each side without arches. Two light small paned flush casement on north, similar on south, boarded door on east and modern stable door on west. Eighteen inch thick walls. Butt-purlin roof on corner principals. Angle-ties across corners between wall plates. Gabled dormer on west lights upper part of same space. The old wall linking the building to the house is about three metres high and has C19 square brick piers flanking a central gateway.

Listing NGR: TL3995911191

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26625940

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Recommended Books

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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)