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Burnt Farm Cottage
Burnt Farm Cottage is an historic building in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England. Standing on the western side of Burntfarm Ride, just north of Cuffley Brook, it dates to around 1840. It became a Grade II listed structure on 8 November 1983. The brick cottage has painted cement quoins and a tiled roof. It is one storey, with dormer windows. The ground-floor windows have three lights and three-pane casements. The vertical panel door stands in a gabled wooden porch. The porch has curved pediment Pediments are a form of gable in classical architecture, usually of a triangular shape. Pediments are placed above the horizontal structure of the cornice (an elaborated lintel), or entablature if supported by columns.Summerson, 130 In an ... brackets. The gabled dormer windows have been renovated. The chimney stacks, which are exposed on each side of the cottage, have paired diagonal shafts. References {{reflist 1840 establishments in England Houses completed in 1840 Grade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheshunt
Cheshunt (/ˈtʃɛzənt/ CHEZ-ənt) is a town in the Borough of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England, situated within the London commuter belt approximately north of Central London. The town lies on the River Lea and Lee Navigation, bordering the Lee Valley Park, and forms part of the Greater London Urban Area. As of the United Kingdom census, 2021, 2021 census, the built-up area subdivision of Cheshunt had a population of 43,770. Historically recorded as ''Cestrehunt'' in the Domesday Book of 1086, Cheshunt developed along the Roman road of Ermine Street and shows evidence of prehistoric, Roman, and Anglo-Saxon settlement. The nearby Theobalds Palace hosted monarchs such as Elizabeth I and James VI and I, James I, and the town later became known for glasshouse horticulture, rose cultivation, and corporate retail, serving as the headquarters of Tesco until 2016. Cheshunt today is a commuter town with regular services via Cheshunt railway station on the West Anglia Main Line and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and one of the home counties. It borders Bedfordshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south and Buckinghamshire to the west. The largest settlement is Watford, and the county town is Hertford. The county has an area of and had a population of 1,198,800 at the 2021 census. After Watford (131,325), the largest settlements are Hemel Hempstead (95,985), Stevenage (94,470) and the city of St Albans (75,540). For local government purposes Hertfordshire is a non-metropolitan county with ten districts beneath Hertfordshire County Council. Elevations are higher in the north and west, reaching more than in the Chilterns near Tring. The county centres on the headwaters and upper valleys of the rivers Lea and the Colne; both flow south and each is accompanied by a canal. Hertfordshire's undeveloped land is mainly agricultural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuffley Brook
Cuffley Brook is a tributary of Turkey Brook. It runs through parts of Hertfordshire and the London Borough of Enfield, England. After the confluence of the two streams in Crews_Hill#Places_of_interest, Whitewebbs Park, the watercourse continues eastwards as Turkey Brook to join the River Lea near Enfield Lock. Course Cuffley Brook is one of the longest tributaries of the River Lea, snaking for several miles through the south-east Hertfordshire hills. It rises in Northaw Great Wood, north west of Cuffley, and is joined there by Grimes Brook. Northaw Brook and Hempshill Brook join Cuffley Brook south of Cuffley, close to Soper's Viaduct (on the Hertford loop line, Hertford Loop railway line). The stream then goes under the M25 motorway, passes close to Crews Hill, and enters Whitewebbs Wood. There, it goes under the Flash Lane Aqueduct (on a former course of the New River (London), New River), before reaching a confluence with Turkey Brook, in the London Borough of Enfiel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
