. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE the late 16th or early 17th century, but they have been considerably modernized. On the east side, opposite the entrance to the manor-house, is a larger building, of timber framing covered with plaster, and with tiled roof; it is probably of early 17th-century date. In the front are three large overhanging gables on carved brackets, under which are wide bay windows of two stories ; the front porch is modern. There is a wide late 17th-century staircase at the back of the house, with heavy moulded and t
. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE the late 16th or early 17th century, but they have been considerably modernized. On the east side, opposite the entrance to the manor-house, is a larger building, of timber framing covered with plaster, and with tiled roof; it is probably of early 17th-century date. In the front are three large overhanging gables on carved brackets, under which are wide bay windows of two stories ; the front porch is modern. There is a wide late 17th-century staircase at the back of the house, with heavy moulded and twisted balusters. The central chimney has three plain octagonal shafts. The interior has been much altered. At the north end of the High Street is a Congregational chapel built in 1886. Of an older chapel built about 1786 2 nothing remains except the graveyard. The position of the village on the main road gave it some importance.* In the i6th and 17th cen- turies it was accounted an intermediate stage between Ware and Witchford Bridge or Cambridge and A second fair was held at Nuthampstead on Thursday before 24 June (St. John Baptist) and the three following ; The market is extinct," and the fairs were abolished in ; The Gild Hall or Town House, devoted to the maintenance of an anni- versary in the church, was purchased by Sir Robert Chester after the dissolution of ; Newsells Park, the seat of Mr. F. W. Woodhouse, , is situated about a mile north of the village. The house was probably built towards the end of the 17th century by William or Thomas Newland, but has later additions. The older part consists of a rectangular building with wings projecting south- wards; about the middle of the 18th century an addition was made on the east side, and in recent times the space between the wings was inclosed to form a hall one story in height. The house is of three stories; the walls are of brick with moulded stone cornice with brackets at the
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