The Close
THE CLOSE, B 4035
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1157674
- Date first listed:
- 30-Jul-1959
- List Entry Name:
- The Close
- Statutory Address:
- THE CLOSE, B 4035
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1157674
- Date first listed:
- 30-Jul-1959
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 09-Jan-1987
- List Entry Name:
- The Close
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE CLOSE, B 4035
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 CLOSE, B 4035
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Worcestershire
- District:
- Wychavon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Bretforton
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 08755 44138
Details
BRETFORTON CP B 4035 (north side) SP 0844 - SP 0944
13/24 The Close (formerly listed as Cottage SE of Manor Farm occupied by Leslie) 30.7.59
GV II
House. C17 with some early C19 and mid-C20 alterations. Coursed rubble with ashlar dressings and Cotswold stone roof. L-plan, ranges extending to west (with gable-end stack) and south (with lateral stack). East front: two storeys with stone coped verge to right, rebuilt in brick to left; two windows, a fixed casement under segmental head to left and a 2-light stone mullioned window to right. The ground floor has a 2-light casement to left and a similar mullioned window to right. Entrance in angle between ranges through a C20 porch. Gable- end stack has motifs, carved in relief, including a dog and a fleur-de-lys. Interior: inglenook fireplace with two small recesses, each having a triangular head in rear wall. The other stack has a triangular stone head to the fireplace.
Listing NGR: SP0875544138
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 148626
- 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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