Red Lion Cottages
RED LION COTTAGES, 1, LANHAM GREEN ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1123860
- Date first listed:
- 29-Jul-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Red Lion Cottages
- Statutory Address:
- RED LION COTTAGES, 1, LANHAM GREEN ROAD
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1123860
- Date first listed:
- 29-Jul-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Red Lion Cottages
- Statutory Address 1:
- RED LION COTTAGES, 1, LANHAM GREEN ROAD
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:
- RED LION COTTAGES, 1, LANHAM GREEN ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Essex
- District:
- Braintree (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Cressing
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 79289 21116
Details
CRESSING LANHAM GREEN ROAD TL 72 SE (west side)
1/57 No. 1, Red Lion Cottages
GV II
House. Circa 1600, altered in early C19 and C20. Timber framed, roughcast rendered, roofed with handmade red plain tiles. 2 bays aligned NE-SW. Early C19 stack to NW of SW bay, and 2 other cottages (nos. 2 and 3) beyond, not included in this item. C20 external stack at NE end, and single-storey extension beyond, c.1952. 2 storeys. The SW elevation has one early C19 sash of 16 lights on each floor, and a C20 half-glazed door. The SE elevation (facing the street) has one C20 casement. The SW bay has a lodged axial beam, chamfered with lamb's tongue stops, and plain joists of horizontal section; C20 grate. The NE bay has plain joists of horizontal section arranged longitudinally, with a blocked stair trap; at the NE end the joists have been raised to level the floor. C18/19 plain battened internal doors. One C17 moulded 3-plank door on first floor, possibly original to this building, meriting special care. (C.A. Hewett, English Historic Carpentry, 1980, 224, left illustration). The NW wallplate has a square groove for sliding shutters. Wall framing concealed by interior and exterior plaster, but probably raised. Roof of clasped purlin construction. Formerly a public house or beerhouse named The Red Lion.
Listing NGR: TL7928921116
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 116381
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Hewett, C A, English Historic Carpentry, (1980), 224
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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