The Cottage
THE COTTAGE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1174285
- Date first listed:
- 31-May-1984
- List Entry Name:
- The Cottage
- Statutory Address:
- THE COTTAGE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1174285
- Date first listed:
- 31-May-1984
- List Entry Name:
- The Cottage
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE COTTAGE
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 COTTAGE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- East Hertfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Ardeley
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 29712 28320
Details
TL 2928 ARDELEY CROMER (west side)
6/15 The Cottage
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GV II
House. C16, heightened to 2 storeys over hall and parlour in mid C17, service room at N heightened to 2 storeys under a separate roof in C20. Timber frame roughcast on stucco plinth. Steep old red tile roof, stepping down at N part. A 3-cell plan house facing E with central-chimney and lobby-entry a third from S end. Diagonally set conjoined shafts to central chimney above irregular rectangular base with moulded capping. Hipped rear wing at W encloses stair in position of former stair turret. 3 windows, 2 storeys E front with flush casement windows (renewed) and gabled porch. Interior has axial beams chamfered and stopped, exposed thin close-studding, long curved braces to side wall and gable end on 1st floor, jowled bay posts in centre of gable, and high-set purlins. An oven opens from the W jamb of the hall fireplace. Small 2-light blocked window with diamond mullion over front door. (RCHM (1911) 38: RCHM Typescript).
Listing NGR: TL2971228320
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 159520
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
Inventory of the Historical Monuments of Hertfordshire, (1910)
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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