The Comet Public House
THE COMET PUBLIC HOUSE, BARNET BY PASS
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1101036
- Date first listed:
- 06-Jul-1981
- List Entry Name:
- The Comet Public House
- Statutory Address:
- THE COMET PUBLIC HOUSE, BARNET BY PASS
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1101036
- Date first listed:
- 06-Jul-1981
- List Entry Name:
- The Comet Public House
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE COMET PUBLIC HOUSE, BARNET BY PASS
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:
- THE COMET PUBLIC HOUSE, BARNET BY PASS
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- Welwyn Hatfield (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Hatfield
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 21274 08291
Details
TL 20 NW HATFIELD Hatfield BARNET BY-PASS 8/77 (west side)
6.7.81 The Comet Public House
- II
Hotel. 1933. By E B Musman. Red brick with stone dressings on steel frame. The plan is supposedly in the form an an aeroplane. Two storeys. Projecting centrepiece with rounded end, the ground floor projects beyond the first. Wings on either side, also half round, single storey only. Five window side elevations. Largely original steel framed windows, the two modern ones in the front elevations are openings in originally blank walls. Clipsham stone dressings strip above and below windows and to parapets. Flat roofs not visible, the original roof lantern has been removed. The interior has been altered. A pioneer hotel in the modern style.
Listing NGR: TL2127408291
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 158340
- 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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