Crooked Cottage
CROOKED COTTAGE, WATER LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1064783
- Date first listed:
- 16-Mar-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Crooked Cottage
- Statutory Address:
- CROOKED COTTAGE, WATER LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1064783
- Date first listed:
- 16-Mar-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Crooked Cottage
- Statutory Address 1:
- CROOKED COTTAGE, WATER LANE
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:
- CROOKED COTTAGE, WATER LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- Mid Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Rickinghall Inferior
- National Grid Reference:
- TM 03768 74890
Details
RICKINGHALL INFERIOR WATER LANE (EAST SIDE) TM 07 SW 3/130 Crooked Cottage - GV II House. Late C15, floor and stack inserted early to mid C17, cased and altered C20. Timber frame, Fletton brick casing, all plastered and whitewashed. Thatched roof. Originally a 2 bay open hall with a lower storeyed bay. 1 storey and attic. 1 and 2-light C20 leaded casements, 2 raking dormers, ridge stack with rebuilt cap inserted in upper bay to left. Left gable end 2-light attic casement, right gable end entrance and C20 casements. Interior: traces of a service doorway, original plain joists of small scantling with a trimmer to rear in service/solar bay. Hall has arched braces to open truss springing from below inserted floor with a stop chamfered axial binding beam and bar stop chamfered joists, parlour chamfered axial binding beam and altered walling. First floor frame is largely concealed. Open truss survives with a square crown post with simply roll and hollow moulded cap and base, 4 way 2- centred arched braces, thick smoke blackening on original rafters of small scantling, hall lower end closed truss survives, end bays largely reroofed in C17 and C20.
Listing NGR: TM0376874890
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 439917
- 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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