Two Cottages Adjoining and to South of Wortley Top Forge
TWO COTTAGES ADJOINING AND TO SOUTH OF WORTLEY TOP FORGE, COTE LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1151114
- Date first listed:
- 28-May-1970
- List Entry Name:
- Two Cottages Adjoining and to South of Wortley Top Forge
- Statutory Address:
- TWO COTTAGES ADJOINING AND TO SOUTH OF WORTLEY TOP FORGE, COTE LANE
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- Date:
- 2002-07-14
- Reference:
- IOE01/05438/26
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1151114
- Date first listed:
- 28-May-1970
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 21-Jul-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Two Cottages Adjoining and to South of Wortley Top Forge
- Statutory Address 1:
- TWO COTTAGES ADJOINING AND TO SOUTH OF WORTLEY TOP FORGE, COTE 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:
- TWO COTTAGES ADJOINING AND TO SOUTH OF WORTLEY TOP FORGE, COTE LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Barnsley (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Hunshelf
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 29445 99856
Details
SK29NE HUNSHELF COTE LANE (east side), Hunshelf 11/50 Two cottages adjoining and to south of Wortley Top Forge (formerly listed as 28.5.70 The Cottages, Top Forge, Wortley) GV II Two cottages. Early C18, wing late C18. Coursed rubble stone, brick wing, Welsh slate to upper roof, stone slate to lower roof. Single-cell cottages, that to right with rear wing, giving L-shape. Two storeys, one 1st-floor window each. Left cottage has two 2-light double-chamfered windows to ground floor and one to 1st floor (mullions removed), plus a further blocked light. Straight joint with quoins to right between cottages. Right cottage has a single-light window to each floor and a slender light to far right at intermediate level. Beyond this is the forge building (q.v.). Two brick stacks. Rear: the brick wing is to the left. The main part has a later central door and two bays of 4-pane sashes in plain surrounds. Right return: single-storey rubble-walled lean-to addition. Blocked 1st-floor window, and blocked 2-light double-chamfered window in gable apex. Interior: moulded beams to ground floor. M. P. Johnson and P. Worrall, Top Forge Wortley, undated official guidebook.
Listing NGR: SK2944599856
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 333830
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Johnson, , Worrall, , Top Forge Wortley, ()
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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