. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE Dragoi brick. ward Mr. Wyndhi site of Cheshun! of the island foi the abutment? of a moat on the opposi ii the Great House mber-framcd house n lies the Lordship, tha:ed ed by On the west side he moat are the remains of North of this homestead of the road to GofTs Oak lly the house i , brick (al ind i the interesting, having been recased north front) by John Shaw in large part was pulled down, having become ruinous According to an early 18th-century print it was at tha time quadrangular, inclosing a cou
. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE Dragoi brick. ward Mr. Wyndhi site of Cheshun! of the island foi the abutment? of a moat on the opposi ii the Great House mber-framcd house n lies the Lordship, tha:ed ed by On the west side he moat are the remains of North of this homestead of the road to GofTs Oak lly the house i , brick (al ind i the interesting, having been recased north front) by John Shaw in large part was pulled down, having become ruinous According to an early 18th-century print it was at tha time quadrangular, inclosing a courtyard, and there an indications of a wing having been removed from tin The Great house. Cheshunt. north end of the west front. The south wing has also been pulled down. The house was originally of the latter part of the i;th century and was of two stories with a tiled roof. The south, west, and east fronts of the part that remains arc of plain red brickwork, with a parapet at the top, over which the tops of the old tiled roofs may be seen. The south front has a four- centred arch of stone to the entrance doorway and a round-arched brick window above, all built in 17 CO. Part of the north front, however, has not been touched, lor the old walling of narrow bricks, rising 10J in. in four courses, still remains, and in the gable is a three- light window with stone mullions, now bricked up, and above are the bases of three diagonal brick chim- neys, probably of earlv I"th- The interior of the build resting, though greatly altered and modernized. It consist! of a Urge hall on the ground floor, at the back of which arc some rooms and a staircase, and underneath the whole is a large basement- The hall is open up to the roof, but the rooms behind have a second and attic floor over them. The basement is very interesting, but it it not easy to indicate the uses of some of the places in it. Though now lighted only from the east side by means of a modern sunk area, there are built-up
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