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IoE Number:
398289
Location:
THE PALACE, WINDING HILL (south side)
MUCH HADHAM, EAST HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE
Photographer:
N/A
Date Photographed:
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Date listed:
19 October 1951
Date of last amendment:
19 October 1951
Grade
II*
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TL 41 NW MUCH HADHAM WINDING HILL
(south side)
Much Hadham village
3/17 The Palace
('The Palace West' and
19.10.51 'The Palace East and
Bishops Folly')
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GV II*
House. Originally the Manor House of Much Hadham and from before
the Conquest until 1647 a residence of the Bishops of London.
Early C16 and later periods. Red brick casing to timber frame
structure. Old tile roof. 2 storeys and attics. Original house
was an E-W hall range with cross wing on W. This cross wing was
refronted in mid C18 with a 6 window, parapeted range. Ground
floor has later conservatory, 6/6 sash windows and half-
glazed door. Floor band, later casements to 1st floor, long
eyebrow dormer just above parapet. On N elevation the front
range has a pointed sash window with Gothic tracery bars. To E
are 2 projecting gable ends, C18 with floor bands and moulded
corbels. W gable end has sash window and small pane gable
casement. Recessed centre with C18 gable and various casements.
E gable incorporates early C16 brickwork and Ground floor,
moulded, 4-centre arch doorway; E elevation of this has 1st
floor 8/8 sash window. Further E is another C16 brick portion
with modern gable, Ground floor has twin 6/3 sash windows.
Further E is 2 gabled entrance front to Palace East, C18
brickwork probably to C17 range. 2 Ground floor, small pane,
sash windows. Rear S elevation is long, 6 gabled range, original
house 4 gabled on W, only the 4th gable showing any early C16
brickwork. Continuous floor band at eaves level. All windows
C19 casements. C19, canted, 2 storey addition between 3rd and
4th gables. E pair of gables form symmetrical garden front.
Adjoining Palace East on E elevation is C18 or earlier,
timberframed and plastered outbuilding, weatherboarded to sill
level on E side, which also has 2- and 3-light small pane
casements. Slightly taller C19, painted brick, W extension,
probably for stabling. Interior. Much altered. Palace West has
re-used oak panelling in Ground floor of W range. S Ground floor
with C17 moulded floor beams and C16 moulded stone fireplace,
possibly moved from elsewhere, incorporating 1577 fireback with
arms of Bishops of London. (RCHM Typescript).