East House Farm Cottages With Attached Garden Walls and Railings

EAST HOUSE FARM COTTAGES WITH ATTACHED GARDEN WALLS AND RAILINGS

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1042240
Date first listed:
11-Feb-1988
List Entry Name:
East House Farm Cottages With Attached Garden Walls and Railings
Statutory Address:
EAST HOUSE FARM COTTAGES WITH ATTACHED GARDEN WALLS AND RAILINGS

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1042240
Date first listed:
11-Feb-1988
List Entry Name:
East House Farm Cottages With Attached Garden Walls and Railings
Statutory Address 1:
EAST HOUSE FARM COTTAGES WITH ATTACHED GARDEN WALLS AND RAILINGS

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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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:
EAST HOUSE FARM COTTAGES WITH ATTACHED GARDEN WALLS AND RAILINGS

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

District:
Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Ancroft
National Grid Reference:
NU 03256 46670

Details

ANCROFT CHESWICK NU 04 NW 7/25 East House farm cottages with attached garden walls and railings

GV II

Terrace of 8 farm cottages with their attached garden walls and railings, now 4 dwellings and a storehouse, c.1820. Restored and converted into 5 cottages in 1940s. Ashlar with Welsh slate roof. Iron railings.

L-plan with 7 cottages stepping down the hill end the 8th at right-angles at the bottom. Single storey. Each cottage was originally 3 bays with central boarded door and small square windows in raised surrounds. Only the 8th cottage remains exactly like this. Each of the others has had one window extended to 2 or 3 lights in similar style. Cottages 1, 4 and 6 have also had their doors blocked off. Gabled roofs with flat coping. Rendered end stacks of one and two shafts.

Low walls with chamfered coping. Railings and gates with round spearhead standards and urn finials to principals.

Despite the alterations an unusUally fine and complete group of workers' cottages.

Included for group value.

Listing NGR: NU0325646670

Legacy

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

Legacy System number:
237878
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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