Rosetree Cottage (Including Part of Rose Cottage)

ROSETREE COTTAGE (INCLUDING PART OF ROSE COTTAGE), THE COMMON

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1032807
Date first listed:
17-Nov-1987
List Entry Name:
Rosetree Cottage (Including Part of Rose Cottage)
Statutory Address:
ROSETREE COTTAGE (INCLUDING PART OF ROSE COTTAGE), THE COMMON

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1032807
Date first listed:
17-Nov-1987
List Entry Name:
Rosetree Cottage (Including Part of Rose Cottage)
Statutory Address 1:
ROSETREE COTTAGE (INCLUDING PART OF ROSE COTTAGE), THE COMMON

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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
ROSETREE COTTAGE (INCLUDING PART OF ROSE COTTAGE), THE COMMON

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Suffolk
District:
Mid Suffolk (District Authority)
Parish:
Mellis
National Grid Reference:
TM0952574450

Details

MELLIS THE COMMON (NORTH WEST
TM 07 SE SIDE)

3/23 Rosetree Cottage
- (including part of Rose
Cottage)

GV II

House, divided with part pertaining to another dwelling. C15, floor inserted,
stack and parlour bay added in C17, altered C19, extended and reroofed C20.
Timber frame, plastered. Thatched roof. Originally a small 2 bay open hall
with a storeyed service/solar bay, extended to form a 3 cell cross passage
plan. Now all 2 storeys. Entrance in cross passage position to left of
centre, 2 and 3-light C20 glazing bar casements, to right C19 3-light
casements with glazing bars on ground floor, leaded panes and a moulded frame
on first floor. Axial ridge stack to right between hall and parlour. Roof
half hipped to left end with a first floor 4-light diamond mullioned window.
To rear a C20 2 storey pantiled wing, an earlier pantiled lean-to behind
parlour bay. Interior: chamfered 4 centred arched door heads at front of
cross passage and into storeyed bay, hall has former oriel sill to front,
inserted stop chamfered cross axial binding beam and joists, arched braces to
tie beams with a crown post mortice to formerly open truss, reverse curved
bracing in storeyed bay, parlour bay not inspected.


Listing NGR: TM0952574450

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
280311
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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