Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Date of Designation
30/12/2005
Date of Amendment
30/12/2005
Name of Property
Hodesdon
Address
7 Rose Hill Street
Location
Set back from the road and one of a group of houses W of Castle Square.
History
Late C19 or c1900 and shown on the 1913 Ordnance Survey.
Exterior
A 3-storey 2-bay house of roughcast painted cream, with white smooth-rendered quoins, banding and window surrounds, slate roof and end brick stacks. Openings are offset to the L. The entrance is on the L side and has a panel door and overlight, under a corbelled entablature and pediment. On the R side is a 2-storey canted bay window with 2-pane sashes. A cambered 2-pane sash window in an architrave is above the entrance. The upper storey has 4-pane sash windows, of which the R-hand is larger, has a cambered head and is beneath a gable with finial.
The rear has 4-pane sash windows on the L side, a 1-storey projection and inserted windows on the R side.
Reason for designation
Listed as a well-preserved late C19 town house near the centre of the town, forming a strong visual group with Nos 5 and 9-11.
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