The Thatched Cottage, Batsford Park Arboretum

THE THATCHED COTTAGE, BATSFORD PARK ARBORETUM

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1089547
Date first listed:
11-Jan-1985
List Entry Name:
The Thatched Cottage, Batsford Park Arboretum
Statutory Address:
THE THATCHED COTTAGE, BATSFORD PARK ARBORETUM
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Date:
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1089547
Date first listed:
11-Jan-1985
List Entry Name:
The Thatched Cottage, Batsford Park Arboretum
Statutory Address 1:
THE THATCHED COTTAGE, BATSFORD PARK ARBORETUM

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:
THE THATCHED COTTAGE, BATSFORD PARK ARBORETUM

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

County:
Gloucestershire
District:
Cotswold (District Authority)
Parish:
Bourton-on-the-Hill
National Grid Reference:
SP1823733602

Details

BOURTON-ON-THE-HILL -
SP 13 SE
4/25 The Thatched Cottage,
Batsford Park Arboretum
II
Former dairy, now detached house, marked as The Old i)airy on 6 in.
O.S. map. Late C19. Built under patronage of Lord Redesdale.
Ashlar limestone with timber framed gables with rendered infill.
Thatched roof, ashlar stacks. Arts and Crafts style. Plan: 2
blocks parallel, right-hand block staggered forward slightly. Twin
gabled facade with 'patio' projecting forwards on right, bounded by
wall c1m in height, with timber columns above supporting roof.
Similar 'patio' to rear of same block. Irregular fenestration: 6-
light wood mullioned casement left with 5-light wood mullioned
casement supported on curved brackets below. Part-glazed door from
patio in flush surround. 2-light wood mullioned casement right
with single external shutter. Set of 4 octagonal stacks arranged
in a square from just below ridge of left-hand block.
Interior not inspected.


Listing NGR: SP1823733602

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Legacy System number:
128659
Legacy System:
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Sources

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Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 16 Gloucestershire,

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

Ordnance survey map of The Thatched Cottage, Batsford Park Arboretum

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