Numbers 1 and 2 Thatched Cottages and St Crispins

1 AND 2 THATCHED COTTAGES, LEATHER LANE

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1164994
Date first listed:
20-Feb-1978
List Entry Name:
Numbers 1 and 2 Thatched Cottages and St Crispins
Statutory Address:
1 AND 2 THATCHED COTTAGES, LEATHER LANE

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Date:
2001-06-30
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1164994
Date first listed:
20-Feb-1978
List Entry Name:
Numbers 1 and 2 Thatched Cottages and St Crispins
Statutory Address 1:
1 AND 2 THATCHED COTTAGES, LEATHER LANE
Statutory Address 2:
ST CRISPINS, LEATHER 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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
1 AND 2 THATCHED COTTAGES, LEATHER LANE
Statutory Address:
ST CRISPINS, LEATHER LANE

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Essex
District:
Braintree (District Authority)
Parish:
Great Yeldham
National Grid Reference:
TL7615938445

Details

TL 7638
7/7
20.2.78

GREAT YELDHAM
LEATHER LANE, North Side
Nos. 1 and 2, Thatched Cottages and St. Crispins



GV
II

House, late C15/early C16, altered in C16 and C19, now 3 cottages. Timber
framed, plastered with some imitation framing, roof thatched. Aligned E-W,
aspect S, with central chimney stack inserted in C16, and C19 external chimney
stack at each end. Single-storey lean-to extension along full length of rear,
C19/20. 2 storeys, 3 C20 doors of which 2 are half-glazed, 4 C19 horizontally-
sliding sash windows of 24 lights on ground floor, 5 C20 casement windows on
first floor. St. Crispins, the eastern half, has imitation framing on the front
elevation. Side purlin roof.

Listing NGR: TL7615938445

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
114441
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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