Prosser, T., Collins, T. and Prosser, L. (2009). Down Green House, Harpenden Road Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire. Historic Building Appraisal . Hertford: Archaeological Solutions Ltd. https://doi.org/10.5284/1011478. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Down Green House, Harpenden Road Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire. Historic Building Appraisal
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Series:		 Archaeological Solutions Ltd unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 In October/November 2009, Archaeological Solutions Ltd conducted an historic building appraisal at Down Green House, near Wheathampstead. The appraisal was undertaken after a request from the client in order to comply with a condition of listed building consent, comprising a programme of building recording followed by observation during the course of the repair works Technical analysis shows that Down Green House is a mixture of 19th century and modern additions around a small, two-bay timber-framed house. The internal timber-work of the ancient core is still visible, though the structure has undergone much modification. The house began as a two-bay lobby- or baffle-entry house, probably of 16th-century date, as the outer walls retain redundant mortices for a system of closed studding typical of this date. This was extended in the 19th century with a new north - south wing on the east side of the old house while the west side was extended laterally by two bays to form a U-shaped structure. The courtyard arising from these extensions was itself later infilled by a double-gabled range. All appear to be broadly contemporary within a date range of the 1830s to 1880s. Inspection of the external render revealed a system of pargeting inconsistent with tradition, which comprised hard cement over machine-cut nailed laths or modern expanded steel mesh. The removal of the pargeting in the proposed areas of repair exposed the skeletal outline of the 16th-century timber-framing, with most timber-work apparently representing a phase of repair and reconfiguring which occurred in the late 17th or early 18th century.
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Author:		 T Prosser
Tansy Collins
Lee Prosser
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Publisher:		 Archaeological Solutions Ltd
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
St Albans City and District UAD (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2009
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Site: Down Green House, Harpenden Road Wheathampstead
Parish: WHEATHAMPSTEAD
District: St Albans
County: Herefordshire
Country: England
Grid Reference: 516570, 213780 (Easting, Northing)
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UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) NONE (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) HOUSE (Monument Type England)
BUILDING SURVEY (Event)
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OASIS Id: archaeol7-77484
OBIB: Report No. 3425
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Created Date:		 24 Nov 2016