Townhead House
TOWNHEAD HOUSE, SMITHY LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1109296
- Date first listed:
- 14-Jun-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Townhead House
- Statutory Address:
- TOWNHEAD HOUSE, SMITHY LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1109296
- Date first listed:
- 14-Jun-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Townhead House
- Statutory Address 1:
- TOWNHEAD HOUSE, SMITHY 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:
- TOWNHEAD HOUSE, SMITHY LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Derbyshire
- District:
- Derbyshire Dales (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Parwich
- National Park:
- Peak District
- National Grid Reference:
- SK1849854901
Details
SK 18 54 PARISH OF PARWICH SMITHY LANE
10/92 (West Side)
Townhead House
II
House. Mid-C18. Coursed squared limestone with sandstone dressings. Plain tile
and slate roofs and stone coped gables with plain kneelers. Brick gable end
stacks. Flush quoins. L-plan, three storeys. South elevation, three bays.
Central doorway with stone lintel and jambs. Half-glazed C20 door. Flanked on
each side by a 2-light square section flush mullion window. Two similar windows
above and two similar, but smaller, windows above again. Above the doorway, a
single light staircase window with two transoms.
Listing NGR: SK1849854901
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 80363
- 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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