SHAKESPEARE COTTAGE
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II
List Entry Number: 1038921
Date first listed: 09-Mar-1953
Date of most recent amendment: 10-Dec-1991
Statutory Address: SHAKESPEARE COTTAGE, 78, 78A, 80, 82 AND 84, MAIN STREET
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Location
Statutory Address: SHAKESPEARE COTTAGE, 78, 78A, 80, 82 AND 84, MAIN STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Staffordshire
District: Lichfield (District Authority)
Parish: Alrewas
National Grid Reference: SK 17270 14996
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History
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Details
In the entry for:-
SK 1615-1715 ALREWAS MAIN STREET
(South Side)
9/29 No's 78,78a,80,82
9.3.53 (Shakespeare Cottage)
(Nos 78 and 80
previously listed)
GV II
The address and the description shall be amended to read:-
SK 1615-1715 ALREWAS MAIN STREET
(South Side)
9/29 No's 78,78a,80,82 and
9.3.53 84 (Shakespeare Cottage)
(Nos 78 and 80
previously listed)
GV II
The last two sentences of the description shall be amended to
read:-
" C19 extension: remodelled C20: 2 storeys with thatched roof:
square-headed casements with glazing bars; glazed doors; eyebrow
dormers. Interior of timber-framed part not inspected,"
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SK 1615-1715 ALREWAS C.P. MAIN STREET (South side)
9/29 No.'s 78, 78a, 80 and 82
9.3.53 (Shakespeare Cottage)
(Nos 78 and 80 previously listed)
GV II
House now divided. C17. Timber framed; thatched roof with patterned
ridge; brick off-ridge stacks. Originally L-shaped; single-bay hall
range aligned east-west facing north and 2-bay crosswing aligned north-
south, extended by a single bay to the south, early to mid-C19. North
elevation: 2 storeys, hall range to left, 3 square panels to eaves
with straight braces, projecting gabled crosswing to the right, 2 tall
rectangular panels to eaves with herringbone bracing to first floor and
to gable, collar and tie beam roof truss supporting a single pair of
purlins and a ridge piece; irregular fenestration, casements; lean-to
porch to the left with door to the left hand end; left hand (east) gable
end roof truss has V-struts above the collar, one pair of purlins and
ridge piece. West elevation: C17 wing to the left, C19 extension to
the right. C17 wing: left hand bay has closely spaced studs with middle
rail and blocked C17 windows to left of centre and right; right hand bay
has 3 roughly square panels to eaves, irregular fenestration, door to left.
C19 extension: 2 storeys with slate roof; casements with segmental heads
to the right, door with segmental head to the left. Interior not inspected
but likely to be of interest.
Listing NGR: SK1727014996
Legacy
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Legacy System number: 272515
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.
End of official listing