AXE AND COMPASSES INN

AXE AND COMPASSES INN, THE VILLAGE

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1170138
Date first listed:: 22-Feb-1980
List Entry Name:: AXE AND COMPASSES INN
Statutory Address:: AXE AND COMPASSES INN, THE VILLAGE

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1170138
Date first listed:: 22-Feb-1980
List Entry Name:: AXE AND COMPASSES INN
Statutory Address 1:: AXE AND COMPASSES INN, THE VILLAGE

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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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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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Location

Statutory Address:: AXE AND COMPASSES INN, THE VILLAGE

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

County:: Essex
District:: Uttlesford (District Authority)
Parish:: Arkesden
National Grid Reference:: TL 48317 34408

Details

ARKESDEN THE VILLAGE 1. 5222 (south side) Axe and Compasses Inn TL 4834 36/10

II GV

2. Timber-framed building built circa 1700 and refronted in red brick in the C18 or early C19. One storey and attics. Two small ground storey bay windows with double-hung sashes with glazing bars. Roof thatched, with end chimney stacks and 2 dormers. A C19 addition with a slate roof extends to the west. (RCHM 6).

Listing NGR: TL4831734408

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Legacy System number:: 121405
Legacy System:: LBS

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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex North West, (1916)

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.