This collection comprises images of a historic building recording of Bohemia Hill Farmhouse in Redbourn, St Albans, Hertfordshire. This was undertaken in August 2024, by Cotswold Archaeology who was commissioned by Carter Jonas LLP to undertake a level 3 analytical buildings record, in accordance with Historic England guidance (2016).

The recording is required to preserve the building by record prior to its alteration under Condition 5 of Planning Permission 5/2024/0213. Bohemia Hill Farmhouse is a Grade II Listed (NHLE: 1175019) multi-phased, vernacular building which at its core is a late 15th to early 16th century hall house.

The survival of timber framed structures of this age is rare, and much of the timber frame is visible both internally and externally, providing insights into the building's construction. The building is a two-storey structure on a linear plan with a staircase extension to the south elevation and attached barn at the west end. The exterior is partially timber framed with white painted brick nogging and brick walls to the barn and 17th century extension. The original hall house comprised an open hall to the west end with a first-floor room to the east, likely for sleeping quarters, and possibly a partitioned parlour room below. The building was accessed via a cross passage, beyond which was a two-storey service wing at the west end of the building.

The recording has found that the building illustrates common 16th and 17th century alterations, where a first floor was ended to the west end of the hall featuring hollow chamfered joists with pyramid stops, and two inglenook fireplaces with Tudor brickwork to the east and west ends of the former hall. An extension was also added to the south elevation to house a staircase, and a two-storey brick extension was constructed on the east end of the building. In the 18th century a barn with hayloft over was constructed to the west end of the farmhouse on a linear plan. The building has undergone a number of more recent alterations and interventions, including a small 21st century extension to the south elevation to house to create an entrance porch, and replacement of all the original windows with 20th century timber casements.