Wellgate Cottage
WELLGATE COTTAGE, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1170223
- Date first listed:
- 26-Oct-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Wellgate Cottage
- Statutory Address:
- WELLGATE COTTAGE, HIGH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1170223
- Date first listed:
- 26-Oct-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Wellgate Cottage
- Statutory Address 1:
- WELLGATE COTTAGE, HIGH STREET
- Statutory Address 2:
- WELLGATE COTTAGE, THE STREET
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:
- WELLGATE COTTAGE, HIGH STREET
- Statutory Address:
- WELLGATE COTTAGE, THE STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Norfolk
- District:
- South Norfolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Ketteringham
- National Grid Reference:
- TG 15891 03267
Details
TG 10 SE KETTERINGHAM THE STREET (north side) 5/101 Wellgate Cottage
II
House, now two dwellings, C16, timberframed with wattle and daub, rendered and colourwashed; steep pantile roof. 2½ cells, 1½ storeys; several lean- to additions to north, west and east of C18-C20. Facade to west: steep hipped roof to left, axial stack off centre to right; clay lump lean-to to left, rendered lean-to to right; facade between lean-tos with brick plinth and timber studs. 2 C19 gabled dormers with casements. Return to left (north) with C18 lean-to of colourwashed brick with very narrow studs. Return wall of clay lump. Return to right to road (south): lower wall of C18 brick with coloured headers; attic gable rendered and rebuilt; C20 casements and bay window. Facade to east with 2 gabled dormers with case- ments above late C20 lean-to encasing original frame. Interior: double fireplace to central stack, that to south cell with bread oven, that to north cell with timber studs to partition across left recess; small semi- circular headed opening c.25cm high to former outside wall. North cell with ogee stepped bridging beam, 2 4-centred doorways in wood to ½ cell to north, stair to right. Half cell to north probably early lean-to raised with hipped roof.
Listing NGR: TG1589103267
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 226986
- 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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