Cowhouse Approximately 25 Yards West of Town Head Farmhouse
COWHOUSE APPROXIMATELY 25 YARDS WEST OF TOWN HEAD FARMHOUSE, TOWN HEAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1191400
- Date first listed:
- 03-Jan-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Cowhouse Approximately 25 Yards West of Town Head Farmhouse
- Statutory Address:
- COWHOUSE APPROXIMATELY 25 YARDS WEST OF TOWN HEAD FARMHOUSE, TOWN HEAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1191400
- Date first listed:
- 03-Jan-1967
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 17-Nov-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Cowhouse Approximately 25 Yards West of Town Head Farmhouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- COWHOUSE APPROXIMATELY 25 YARDS WEST OF TOWN HEAD FARMHOUSE, TOWN HEAD
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:
- COWHOUSE APPROXIMATELY 25 YARDS WEST OF TOWN HEAD FARMHOUSE, TOWN HEAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Staffordshire
- District:
- Staffordshire Moorlands (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Alton
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 07499 42430
Details
ALTON C.P. TOWN HEAD (North-west side) SK 0624-0724 13/62 Cowhouse approximately 25 yards west of Town Head Farm- 3.1.67 house (Formerly listed as "Barn at Townsend Farm") GV II
Cowhouse. C17 with later addition. Ashlar with herringbone tooling; plain tile roof. 5-bay range aligned east-west with a single bay extension to the west. North side: one storey and attic, main range to left, extension to the right. Main range: buttresses at the bay divisions, door to right of centre; casement to left of centre, square window opening to left with boarded door, square loft openings to left and right. Extension: chamfered eaves band and coped verges. Left hand gable: central loft door with pigeon holes over. Right hand gable: 2 ground floor doors and central loft door. South side: main range to right, extension to left. Main range: buttresses at the bay divisions, doors to right, left and centre; 3 windows, one to the left of each door, square loft opening to the right. Extension: large inserted cart entrance to the right, rectangular loft opening to the left.
Listing NGR: SK0749942430
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 275058
- 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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