| | 5-bedroom
House for sale in Hemel Hempstead| Westwick Row, Leverstock Green, Hertfordshire | | £ 900,000 |
Features listProperty type: 5-bedroom
House for sale
Number of bedrooms: 5
* 5 bedrooms
* 2 reception rooms
* 2 bathrooms
* Garage
Grade II* Listed, Westwick Cottage is widely acknowledged to be one of the oldest, continually inhabited houses in the United Kingdom. An aisled hall house, the house has been at times, sub-divided into cottages, although works by the current owners consolidated the house in the 1950's. The house itself has been the cause of much study, with timbers from the earliest part of the house having been felled (dated by dendrochronological analysis) between 1184 and 1219. Many sources would have us believe that Westwick Cottage in its original state as an aisled hall house, was actually the manor house of Westwick during the medieval period, with the Lords of the manor moving on and building other properties, which have since fallen by the wayside, as their aspirations grew with their land. Comprising an acreage approaching 1.75, the gardens to Westwick Cottage are many and varied. From the formal gardens to the south and west around the pond, where many established shrubs abound, to the old vegetable patch and fruit nets, to the bonfire area and scrub lawn, to the paddock with two field shelters. Hemel Hempstead 3.5 miles (London Euston 28 mins), Watford 10 miles, St Albans 7 miles (London St Pancras 21 mins), M1 (J8) 1.5 miles, M25 (J21) 4.5 miles, London 30 miles, London Heathrow 30 miles (Distances and times approximate) Property agent
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