Primrose Cottage to North West of World Bird Research Station Rose Cottage to North West of World Bird Research Station
PRIMROSE COTTAGE TO NORTH WEST OF WORLD BIRD RESEARCH STATION, FRONT STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1054776
- Date first listed:
- 25-Aug-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Primrose Cottage to North West of World Bird Research Station Rose Cottage to North West of World Bird Research Station
- Statutory Address:
- PRIMROSE COTTAGE TO NORTH WEST OF WORLD BIRD RESEARCH STATION, FRONT STREET
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- Date:
- 2003-06-24
- Reference:
- IOE01/10767/08
- Rights:
- © Mr Peter Ballan. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1054776
- Date first listed:
- 25-Aug-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Primrose Cottage to North West of World Bird Research Station Rose Cottage to North West of World Bird Research Station
- Statutory Address 1:
- PRIMROSE COTTAGE TO NORTH WEST OF WORLD BIRD RESEARCH STATION, FRONT STREET
- Statutory Address 2:
- ROSE COTTAGE TO NORTH WEST OF WORLD BIRD RESEARCH STATION, FRONT 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:
- PRIMROSE COTTAGE TO NORTH WEST OF WORLD BIRD RESEARCH STATION, FRONT STREET
- Statutory Address:
- ROSE COTTAGE TO NORTH WEST OF WORLD BIRD RESEARCH STATION, FRONT STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Glanton
- National Grid Reference:
- NU 07046 14538
Details
GLANTON FRONT STREET NU 0714 (North side) Glanton Village
21/201 Primrose Cottage and Rose Cottage to north-west of World Bird Research Station GV II
Cottages, early to mid-C18 of several builds. Heavy squared rubble with large roughly-tooled quoins and dressings. Purple slate roof except for pantiles on rear of Rose Cottage; Welsh slates on Rose Cottage outshuts and corrugated iron sheets on Primrose Cottage outshut.
Primrose Cottage 2 storeys, 2 bays: Central boarded door; 12-pane sash windows except for 4-pane sash on ground floor right. Coped right end gable, end stacks. Rose Cottage, to right, 1 storey, 3 bays; boarded door between left bays; 12-pane sash windows. Reversed-stepped coping to right end gable; axial stack on ridge.
Interior: Rose Cottage has chamfered fireplace with set pot and old ironwork; original beamed ceilings.
These cottages are said to have formed part of a row on the north side of the former village green, before this was enclosed in the late C18.Rose Cottage, with its lobby-entrance plan, is an unusually well-preserved example.
Listing NGR: NU0704614538
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 236544
- 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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