Clerks House and the Cottage Attached to Right of Thornley House
CLERKS HOUSE AND THE COTTAGE ATTACHED TO RIGHT OF THORNLEY HOUSE, A 181
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1159375
- Date first listed:
- 07-Dec-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Clerks House and the Cottage Attached to Right of Thornley House
- Statutory Address:
- CLERKS HOUSE AND THE COTTAGE ATTACHED TO RIGHT OF THORNLEY HOUSE, A 181
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1159375
- Date first listed:
- 07-Dec-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Clerks House and the Cottage Attached to Right of Thornley House
- Statutory Address 1:
- CLERKS HOUSE AND THE COTTAGE ATTACHED TO RIGHT OF THORNLEY HOUSE, A 181
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:
- CLERKS HOUSE AND THE COTTAGE ATTACHED TO RIGHT OF THORNLEY HOUSE, A 181
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County Durham (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Shincliffe
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 30777 41634
Details
SHINCLIFFE A 181 NZ 3041 (East side, off) Sherburn Hospital 12/82 Clerk's House and The Cottage attached to right of Thornley House GV II House, now 2 dwellings. Early C19 with mid C19 addition. Squared sandstone; stone-tiled roofs and dressed stone chimney stacks. 2-storey, 3-bay main block with flush, 2-storey cross-gabled right bay (The Cottage) projecting at rear. Main block has central panelled door behind early C20 pedimented glazed wood porch. Flanking mid C19 canted bay windows with hipped roofs. 3 replaced sashes, with projecting sills, above. Steeply-pitched roof has end stacks with top bands. The Cottage has replaced sashes with projecting sills, paired on ground floor, and coped front gable with shaped kneelers. First-floor wood oriel window on right return. Mid C20 set-back bay on right return of The Cottage is not of interest. Included for group value.
Listing NGR: NZ3077741634
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 109963
- 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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