Type town house Address 129 High Street Client Robert Incent Completed 1500 | Architectural style half-timbered house Inaugurated c. 1400 Structural system Timber framing | |
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Similar Buntingford almshouses, St Mary the Virgin's Church - L, Benson Memorial Church, St James' Church - Stanstea, Hinxworth Place | ||
Dean Incent's House is a timber framed house in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. Reputed to be the birthplace of John Incent, it stands on Berkhamsted High Street and is a two-storey Grade II* listed building.
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Map of Dean Incent's House, 129 High St, Berkhamsted HP4 2DJ, UK
History
The house was built sometime in the 16th Century in the half-timbered style typical of the period with plaster infilling. The ground floor and oversailed first floor have leaded casement windows flush with the plaster.
The interior of the house has original exposed timber framing and extensive remains of wall paintings can also be seen; however the house is not normally open to the public. It was listed in 1950 and has undergone some restoration work.
Immediately in front of Dean Incent's House stands another listed structure, a cast iron red K6 Post Office telephone kiosk in the 1935 design by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. The telephone box was listed Grade II in 1988.