Holly Cottage
HOLLY COTTAGE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1140862
- Date first listed:
- 12-Mar-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Holly Cottage
- Statutory Address:
- HOLLY COTTAGE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1140862
- Date first listed:
- 12-Mar-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Holly Cottage
- Statutory Address 1:
- HOLLY COTTAGE
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:
- HOLLY COTTAGE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Kea
- National Grid Reference:
- SW8381440813
Details
SW 84 SW KEA COOMBE
2/143 Holly Cottage
GV II
Pair of cottage, now 1 house. Circa mid C19 slatestone rubble walls with slate sills
and shallow brick arches. Slurried scantle slate roof with brick chimneys over gable
ends.
Each cottage originally with 1 front room; passages, parallel to middle, leading to
stairs and narrow rear service rooms. Right-hand cottage has workshop or fish cellar
extension to right (south west).
2 storeys. Symmetrical 3-window north west front with central window blind and
painted on. Doorways to middle with narrow stone pier between. C20 doors, left one
only used as door. Windows are original 16-pane hornless sashes. Workshop, right has
ground floor doorway left with ledged door; weather boarded to first floor with
central window with vertical. glazing bars.
Interior not inspected.
An unspoilt pair of cottages at the head of the beautiful creek at Coombe and part of
a group of mostly little altered late C18 and early-mid C19 houses.
Listing NGR: SW8381440813
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 63427
- 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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