Pear Tree Cottage
PEAR TREE COTTAGE, DENE STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1028892
- Date first listed:
- 11-Jun-1973
- List Entry Name:
- Pear Tree Cottage
- Statutory Address:
- PEAR TREE COTTAGE, DENE STREET
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- Reference:
- IOE01/00672/03
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1028892
- Date first listed:
- 11-Jun-1973
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 16-May-1990
- List Entry Name:
- Pear Tree Cottage
- Statutory Address 1:
- PEAR TREE COTTAGE, DENE STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- PEAR TREE COTTAGE, DENE STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Surrey
- District:
- Mole Valley (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 16853 49334
Details
In the entry for:
DENE STREET TQ 1649 SE 1/20 Nos 27 and 28 (Pear Tree Cottage) II The entry shall be amended to read:
TQ 1649 SE DORKING DENE STREET
1/20 Pear Tree Cottage II
Cottage. Late C16 or early C17 lobby entrance house with parlour crosswing, subsequently subdivided with cottages but now back in one ownership. Timber framed building on flint plinth with C19 painted brick infill to front; the framing painted over but still visible under the paintwork. Parlour wing has roughcast ground floor and first floor hung with bands of curved, pointed and plain tiles. Tiled roof with right hand and brick stack, off central rendered stack and C18 external brick stack to left hand side. 2 storeys, 3 windows, C20 casements. Ground floor has doorcase with early C19 wooden pedimented head on brackets and 4 panelled door Outshut to rear. Early C17 plank door side eleva- tion. Interior features include lounge having bressummer with chamfer and run out steps, bread oven and spice or salt hole and rush light mark and dining room with spine beam with 1 brick chamfer with lambs tongue stops and cambered bressummer to open fireplace. Original rear wall of house under outshut has an exposed curved tension trace. C19 4 panelled door and matchboard panelling. Upper floor has late C16 jowled upright post visible, but the roof appears to be an C18 one with angled queen struts.
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DENE STREET 1. 1049 Nos 27 and 28 (Pear Tree Cottage) TQ 1649 SE 1/20
II
2. No 28 formerly known as Inglenook. Formerly 2 cottages; now only one. C17 timber-framed building with mainly painted brick infilling, but the northern part is plastered on the ground floor and tile hung above with a gable. Tiled roof. Casement windows 2 storeys. 3 windows. Photograph in the NMR.
Listing NGR: TQ1685349334
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 289888
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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