191, 193 and 195 Sparrow's Hearne, Bushey, Hertfordshire

In September 2009 AS Ltd conducted a programme of historic building recording at 191, 193 and 195 Sparrow's Herne, Bushey, in association with the conversion of the existing frontage buildings to residential use and the construction of new offices to the rear. The buildings appear to represent a modest early-mid 19th century terrace of four properties, two of which functioned as shops by the late 19th century. In its original form the front elevation would have presented an attractive Victorian assemblage, which survives in essence at No. 191, though much of its early charm has been degraded by unsympathetic modern treatments. Between the production of the tithe map in 1840 and the 1880 Ordnance Survey map, the east end of the building was given a substantial rear wing with some possible amalgamation. Repeated intervention and modification has left the buildings with little historic integrity. No internal decorative fixtures or fittings survive, apart from one or two isolated examples.