Gratton Corner Cottage
GRATTON CORNER COTTAGE, THE COMMON
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1044351
- Date first listed:
- 09-Mar-1960
- List Entry Name:
- Gratton Corner Cottage
- Statutory Address:
- GRATTON CORNER COTTAGE, THE COMMON
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1044351
- Date first listed:
- 09-Mar-1960
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 28-Sept-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Gratton Corner Cottage
- Statutory Address 1:
- GRATTON CORNER 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.
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:
- GRATTON CORNER COTTAGE, THE COMMON
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Surrey
- District:
- Waverley (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Dunsfold
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 00533 36488
Details
In the entry for:-
5/125 DUNSFOLD THE COMMON 9/3/60 Gratton Corner Cottage (Formerly listed as GV Gratton Corner, Fern Cottage and Gratton Corner Cottage
II The entry shall be amended to read:-
TQ05NW DUNSFOLD THE COMMON 5/125 Gratton Corner Cottage 9/3/60 (Formerly listed as Gratton Corner, Fern Cottage and Gratton Corner Cottage)
II
House. Probably late C15-early C16, and late C16; altered C17 and subsequently. Timber framed, that of front range exposed on ground floor and having red and blue/grey brick infilling and sandstone rubble plinth, the 1st floor having fishscale tile hanging; rear wing having ground floor underbuilt in rubblestone with brick dressings and in brick. Plain tile roofs. Rear wing, the earliest part, a 2-bay open hall house with solar over service (rearmost) end. To this was added, at front, a 3-bay range with smoke bay at left end and added side outshut on right. 2 storeys throughout. Entrance elevation (the added range): side outshut on right connects to projecting gabled, single-storey porch with part-glazed door. Blocked doorway at left end. Three C20 casement windows to each floor, on ground floor with square leading, on lst floor with diamond leading. Roof at right end half-hipped with gablet. Late C19 or early C20 stack at right end. Another large, corniced, stack at rear to wing. Rear: wing has long, arched, brace on right and small window to right of added truncated lateral chimney built of galleted rubblestone and brick.
Interior: not fully inspected, but front range has blocked wooden mullioned window in left wall on ground floor; chamfered spine beams with lambs tongue stops; jowelled posts to rear wing. Roofs reported to have sooted rafters over open hall of rear wing and smoke bay of front range, and clasped purlins; the rear wing formerly having gablet at each end of roof and extra collars to rafters which had the gablets (DBRG Report).
Surrey Domestic Buildings Research Group, Report No 3186.
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TQ 05NW DUNSFOLD C.P. THE COMMON
5/125 Gratton Corner 9/3/60 Cottage (Formerly listed as Gratton Corner, Fern Cottage and Gratton Corner Cottage)
GV II
House. Late C16/Early C17, extended in late C19/C20. Timber framed, exposed below on sandstone rubble plinth with red and blue/grey brick infilling, "club" tile hanging above and plain tiled roof, half-hipped with gablet to-right. Two storeys with central corbelled stack to the rear and a further stack to the right end. Three diamond-pane leaded casement windows on the first floor, 3 square-paned leaded windows below. Pentice extension to right connecting to gabled, single storey porch projecting with part glazed door in end.
Listing NGR: TQ0053336488
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 291764
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Domestic Buildings Research Group Report in Report Number 3186, ()
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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