Tower Cottage and Attached Wall Tower House and Attached Wall
TOWER COTTAGE AND ATTACHED WALL, CHURCH LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1075144
- Date first listed:
- 01-Feb-1974
- List Entry Name:
- Tower Cottage and Attached Wall Tower House and Attached Wall
- Statutory Address:
- TOWER COTTAGE AND ATTACHED WALL, CHURCH LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1075144
- Date first listed:
- 01-Feb-1974
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 22-Mar-1991
- List Entry Name:
- Tower Cottage and Attached Wall Tower House and Attached Wall
- Statutory Address 1:
- TOWER COTTAGE AND ATTACHED WALL, CHURCH LANE
- Statutory Address 2:
- TOWER HOUSE AND ATTACHED WALL, CHURCH 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:
- TOWER COTTAGE AND ATTACHED WALL, CHURCH LANE
- Statutory Address:
- TOWER HOUSE AND ATTACHED WALL, CHURCH LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Leicestershire
- District:
- Melton (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Ab Kettleby
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 71089 23163
Details
AB KETTLEBY CHURCH LANE
(West Side)
WARTNABY
SK 72 SW Tower Cottage (or Tower
5/256, 257 House) and attached wall
1.2.74 (The wall was formerly listed
3.8.79 as 'Wall immediately NW of
Wartnaby Hall')
GV
II
Cottage. Dated 1656, probably largely rebuilt mid-late C19 and C2O.
Coursed squared ironstone, pantile roof.
2-unit double-depth plan.
Central C20 door and C2O casement windows to ground and 1st floors with
flat-arched brick heads to grand floor segmental-arched brick heads to 1st
floor. Limestone datestone above door. Dentilled brick eaves.
Square brick turret rises to right of centre with oculus windows to each
side. Attached wall to left and rear wall of cottage of brick with rowd-
headed arches separates forecourt fran garden of Wartnaby Hall (not
included) and incorporates medieval stonework mostly visible to garden side.
Stone work probably removed from Church of St Michael Wartnaby (q.v.) at the
time of its drastic restoration of 1867-8. Includes one complete C13
doorway of ironstone with chamfered jambs with attached shafts to angles,
imposts, moulded pointed head and hood mould with label stops; semi-circular
ironstone capital of a respond with polygonal limestone abacus with nailhead
ornament; part of head of C14 window with quatrefoil, hood mould and label
stops; possible canopy head and half of circular cross head of limestone,
possible gable cross. Back wall of cottage within conservatory has similar
respond and 2-light window with cusped Y tracery and hood mould.
Listing NGR: SK7108923163
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 189956
- 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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