Pinfold Cottage Sycamore Cottage

PINFOLD COTTAGE

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1177772
Date first listed:
21-Oct-1987
List Entry Name:
Pinfold Cottage Sycamore Cottage
Statutory Address:
PINFOLD COTTAGE

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1177772
Date first listed:
21-Oct-1987
List Entry Name:
Pinfold Cottage Sycamore Cottage
Statutory Address 1:
PINFOLD COTTAGE
Statutory Address 2:
SYCAMORE 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.

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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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
PINFOLD COTTAGE
Statutory Address:
SYCAMORE COTTAGE

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

District:
Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Ruyton-XI-Towns
National Grid Reference:
SJ 39097 24957

Details

RUYTON-XI-TOWNS WYKEY SJ 32 SE Sycamore Cottage and 8/156 Pinfold Cottage - II

Farmhouse, now 2 cottages. Probably late C16, extended mid to late C17 with later additions and alterations. Timber framed with painted brick infill; machine tile roof replacing thatch. Original 2-cell single-storey cottage given first floor and byre added to right in C17. Present stack also added at same time at junction between house-part and byre, converting plan to 3-unit baffle-entry type. Later converted to 2 cottages. 2 storeys. Framing: square panels, 2 from cill to original wall-plate to C16 part with one smaller panel above to raising of eaves. 4 square panels to former byre. C16 part has long straight tension braces to front and left gable end with short straight braces to raised tie beam; short straight tension braces also to right gable end of former byre. Collar and tie beam end trusses with V-struts from collar and projecting single-purlin ends. C20 casements throughout, one to each side of central boarded door under lean-to hood to C16 part with C20 gabled eaves dormers directly above. C20 door under lean-to hood to former byre has casement and gabled eaves dormer to right. C20 purple brick ridge stack immediately to left has infilled doorway directly below. C19 coursed and dressed sandstone block lean-to to right gable end. Interior: not inspected but said to have chamfered ceiling beams to ground floor and timber frame substantially intact, including to original back wall. Late C20 two-storey gabled addition at right- angles to rear on right with painted brick lean-to in angle is not of special architectural interest. Information from owner, November 1986.

Listing NGR: SJ3909724957

Legacy

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

Legacy System number:
256709
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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