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Ridge, South Mimms & Shenley List of Locally Important Buildings in Hertsmere 2016 APPENDIX 6 Ridge, South Mimms & Shenley 365 List of Locally Important Buildings in Hertsmere 2016 RIDGE Rose Cottage, Crossoaks Lane, Ridge Original use Residential Current use Residential Construction c1820 date/period Local list no. 297 Group value No Conservation area Yes (Ridge Village) Brief description: House. Brick, roughly rendered, two storey building with a gabled tile roof and two end chimney stacks and an attached two storey, weatherboarded, rear building facing onto Crossoaks Lane in the centre of Ridge village. Reason for nomination: Architectural significance It has a character typical of the period and retains many of its original features. Local historic interest The building was built in c1820 as a small rural cottage. Full description: Rectangular plan. Two ground floor, multi-paned windows with projecting sills, one either side of a central doorway with a segmental headed opening and boarded door. Two first floor, multi-paned windows with projecting sills. Two roughly rendered external chimney stacks; one large and one small. Multi-paned side windows to ground and first floors. Attached building to rear and side with weatherboarding to the first floor and roughly rendered ground floor with a gabled projecting porch and part glazed door to the front. One rendered brick chimney stack to the roof at the rear with a bay window. Detached garage to the side. 366 List of Locally Important Buildings in Hertsmere 2016 RIDGE Ivy Cottage, Crossoaks Lane, Ridge Original use Residential Current use Residential Construction c1834 date/period Local list no. 298 Group value No Conservation area Yes (Ridge Village) Brief description: House. Red brick in Flemish bond, two storey building with a gabled tile roof and two chimney stacks facing onto Crossoaks Lane in the centre of Ridge village. Reason for nomination: Architectural significance It has a distinctive character typical of the period and retains some of its original features. Local historic interest The building was built in the 1830s. Thought to have been constructed as a small rural house next to the village workhouse which closed in 1842. Full description: Rectangular plan. Two, recessed, ground floor, 8-over-8 sash windows with segmental headers, one either side of a central doorway. Projecting gable porch with pierced ridge tiles, finial, a panelled door, side windows, decorative bargeboards and boarding to the apex. Three, recessed, first floor, 8-over-8 sash windows. Low brick wall to the front with brick piers and a central gate. 367 List of Locally Important Buildings in Hertsmere 2016 RIDGE Ridge Farmhouse, Crossoaks Lane, Ridge Original use Residential Current use Residential Construction c1830 date/period Local list no. 299 Group value Yes Conservation area Yes (Ridge Village) Brief description: House. Brick, roughly rendered, two storey building with a hipped slate roof and two decorated rear chimney stacks facing onto Crossoaks Lane in the centre of Ridge village. Reason for nomination: Architectural significance It has a strong early – mid 19th century character of the Regency style and retains some of its original features. Contribution to the local built environment The house forms part of a group along with other buildings that include a barn and attached stables which are statutory listed buildings which make a significant contribution to the local area. Local historic interest The building was built c1830 (between 1822 and 1838) as a farmhouse. Thought to have been extended to the side by a two storey bay in line with the earlier part of the house. Full description: Rectangular plan. Three, deeply recessed, ground floor, 8-over-8 sash windows with segmental headed openings and projecting sills. Doorway with a panelled door, fanlight above, and a timber open porch with square lattice side panels. Four, deeply recessed, first floor, 8-over-8 sash windows with segmental headed openings and projecting sills. Small, red brick, single storey, side addition to the west with a gabled slate roof. 368 List of Locally Important Buildings in Hertsmere 2016 RIDGE Grove House, Crossoaks Lane, Ridge Original use Residential Current use Residential Construction c1830 date/period Local list no. 300 Group value Yes Conservation area Yes (Ridge Village) Brief description: House. Brick, rendered, two storey building with a hipped slate roof and two chimney stacks facing onto Crossoaks Lane in the centre of Ridge village. Reason for nomination: Architectural significance It has a strong 19th century design and retains most of its original features. Local historic interest The building was built c1830 (between 1822 and 1838) as the Vicarage to St Margaret’s Church, a statutory listed building, next to which it stands. It is thought to stand on the foundations of an earlier vicarage. The house forms part of a group along with outbuildings, thought to have been stables and a coach house, at the rear. Full description: Rectangular plan. Four, deeply recessed, ground floor windows. Two 6-over-6 sash windows (one with a flat head and one with a segmental headed opening), projecting sills and louvre shutters. Two narrow multi-paned windows, one either side of the doorway also with segmental headed openings and projecting sills. Doorway has a pilastered doorcase and panelled door and an opening porch with two end Tuscan-style columns, a cornice and flat roof. Three, deeply recessed, first floor, 6-over-6 sash windows with segmental headed openings, projecting sills and louvre shutters. To the rear are a small number of outbuildings (stables and a coach house) which may be of some interest. 369 List of Locally Important Buildings in Hertsmere 2016 RIDGE Pillbox, Crossoaks Lane, Ridge Original use Military Current use Military - unused Construction c1940 date/period Local list no. 301 Group value Yes Conservation area Yes (Ridge Village) Brief description: Pillbox. Single storey, WWII brick and concrete pillbox with a thick concrete roof located within an allotment at the centre of Ridge village opposite Deeves Hall Lane. Reason for nomination: Local historic interest The building was built c1940 and forms part of a wider group of WWII defences in the Ridge and Shenley area. Full description: Hexagonal plan. Single storey, WWII, brick and concrete pillbox with a thick concrete roof (type 22, Wills 1985). Roughly one opening per face with a single doorway entrance. The outer skin of the roof has been covered with rough concrete to break up the straight roofline. Stands under a tree partly hidden by vegetation. 370 List of Locally Important Buildings in Hertsmere 2016 RIDGE The Old Guinea Public House, Crossoaks Lane, Ridge Original use Commercial Current use Commercial Construction c1875 date/period Local list no. 302 Group value No Conservation area Yes (Ridge Village) Brief description: Public house. Red brick, partly roughly rendered, two storey building with a gabled tile roof and four decorated chimney stacks facing onto Crossoaks Lane, opposite Deeves Hall Lane, in the centre of Ridge village. Reason for nomination: Architectural significance It has a strong character typical of a purpose-built public house of the period and retains some of its original features. Local historic interest The building has strong community significance and was built in c1875 (by 1881) to replace and earlier public house. The earliest known record for the Old Guinea in Ridge is from 1750 when it was being kept by Francis Grant. Soon after it was listed as having one bed and stabling for two horses. Its cellar was used as the village lock-up and in 1852 it also housed the village post office. Full description: L-shaped plan. Two storey canted bay to the east end of the front with a projecting gable above. Exposed brick to the ground floor with pebble-dash render to the first floor. Four ground floor windows; two canted bays, one at each end, with ransom and mullion windows (four panes to the upper lights). Projecting brick sills. Two, recessed, multi-paned windows each divided into two parts with projecting sills, one either side of the central recessed doorway. Part glazed double doors to the ground floor with a first floor multi-paned flush window above, divided into three parts, that breaks through the roofline. Two further first floor windows; a multi-paned bay window under the projecting east gable and a multi- paned flush window to the west, divided into three parts, that breaks through the roofline. The east gable has deep bargeboards, decorative brackets and timber work to the apex. Single storey, modern, extension to each side, one with a flat roof and one with a gabled tile roof and further doorway. 371 List of Locally Important Buildings in Hertsmere 2016 RIDGE Deeves Hall, Deeves Hall Lane, Ridge Original use Residential Current use Residential Construction c1760 date/period Local list no. 303/01 Group value Yes Conservation area No Brief description: House. Brick, rendered, two and a half storey building with a hipped tile roof and two chimney stacks, located along Deeves Hall Lane, overlooking Earls Lane, north of Ridge village. Reason for nomination: Architectural significance It has a strong Georgian design typical of the late 18th century and retains some of its original features. Contribution to the local built environment The house stands in large grounds and forms part of a group along with other buildings including the attached outbuildings, granary and Deeves Hall Barn which make a significant contribution to the local area. Local historic interest The building was built c1760 as a gentleman’s residence with a small farm. It was recorded as Deve Hall at that time and gave its name to Deeves Hall Lane. Full description: L-shaped plan comprising a two and a half storey main house with a cellar and attached single storey outbuildings.
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