The Old Cottage
THE OLD COTTAGE, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1189963
- Date first listed:
- 30-Sept-1985
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Cottage
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD COTTAGE, HIGH STREET
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- Date:
- 1999-10-31
- Reference:
- IOE01/00584/21
- Rights:
- © Mr Malcolm Harwood. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1189963
- Date first listed:
- 30-Sept-1985
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Cottage
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE OLD COTTAGE, HIGH 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:
- THE OLD COTTAGE, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Whixley
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 44322 57961
Details
SE 45 NW WHIXLEY HIGH STREET (north end)
3/77 The Old Cottage
II
House. Mid C18 with C16 remains. Fragmentary timber frame encased in brown brick, English bond, pantile roof. 1½ storeys, 3 bays, baffle-entry plan. C19 wooden panelled door, with 2-light, 6-pane casement windows to left and right. Far right - a side-sliding sash with 12 panes. Upper floor, left, a fixed leaded-light window. Right - 2 C20 dormer windows. Hipped roof to left, gable to right. Stacks on ridge opposite front door and right gable. Interior: remains of timber-framed house with rear and end aisles and firehood. B. Hutton and B. Harrison, Vernacular Buildings of North Yorkshire and Cleveland,1984,pp 34,184,195. North Yorkshire and Cleveland Vernacular Buildings Study Group Report Number 85.
Listing NGR: SE4432257961
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 330656
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Harrison, B, Hutton, B, Vernacular Houses in North Yorkshire and Cleveland, (1984), 34,184,195
North Yorkshire and Cleveland Vernacular Buildings Study Group Report in North Yorkshire and Cleveland Vernacular Buildings Study Group Report, Vol. 85, ()
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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