Albert Cottage and Covered Way to South
ALBERT COTTAGE AND COVERED WAY TO SOUTH, 182, YORK AVENUE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1224086
- Date first listed:
- 25-Jan-1972
- List Entry Name:
- Albert Cottage and Covered Way to South
- Statutory Address:
- ALBERT COTTAGE AND COVERED WAY TO SOUTH, 182, YORK AVENUE
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- Date:
- 1999-09-03
- Reference:
- IOE01/00327/33
- Rights:
- © Rev Robert Rudd. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1224086
- Date first listed:
- 25-Jan-1972
- List Entry Name:
- Albert Cottage and Covered Way to South
- Statutory Address 1:
- ALBERT COTTAGE AND COVERED WAY TO SOUTH, 182, YORK AVENUE
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:
- ALBERT COTTAGE AND COVERED WAY TO SOUTH, 182, YORK AVENUE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- East Cowes
- National Grid Reference:
- SZ 51056 95145
Details
YORK AVENUE 1. 5270 East Cowes No 182 (Albert Cottage and covered way to south SZ 59 NW 5/116 25.1.72. II GV 2. Circa 1868. Italianate classical large villa related to Osborne style and possibly by Cubitt. Formerly part of the Osborne Estate, named after one of Queen Victoria's sons and residence of some of her daughters and ladies in waiting. Two storeys cement rendered with slate roof, Irregular plan. Rusticated quoins to ground floor on angles, dentil cornice and frieze to ground floor. Low pitched hipped slate roofs having carved modillion rockets to flat eaves and garlands and marques in frieze between them. On the east entrance front the main block is of 8 windows, 2 in a projection at the south end, recessed sashes in architrave surrounds. Projecting porch, closed to south side but open to north, rusticated pilasters flanking moulded round arches with console keystones. Doric entablature, balustraded parapet. The adjoining north block is set well back with a recessed brick section of 3 windows in moulded architrave surrounds, egg and dart and leaf mouldings. The chimney stacks are tall, Italianate, with bracketed cornice caps. The west garden front is also asymmetrical with an off centre 3 bay projection. Outer windows in architrave surrounds with rendered balconettes on shaped brackets with interlaced circle balstrades. The central 1st floor window is set back in a recess giving on to the roof of a large central canted ground floor bay window. French casement to centre, divided by tall pilasters with egg and dart moulding to caps. The northern part of this garden front set back, has 2 architrave framed sashes on 1st floor and on ground floor a large 3-light window in slight rectangular projection, pilasters dividing, paired to corners, parallel parapet with interlaced circles. The southern part is also set back with 2 slight projections, only one window between them on the ground floor, 4 windows on the 1st floor in architrave surrounds with balconettes on shaped brackets with interlaced circle balustrades. To the south, extending along each side of the garden, is a covered passageway built as a link with Osborne Cottage (qv) when occupied by Princess Beatrice. The section now belonging to Albert Cottage has rendered brick walls, plinth, cornice and blocking course divided by piers. Alternate bays have 3 light lozenge glazed casements lighting passage.
Listing NGR: SZ5105695145
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 420065
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 23 Isle of Wight,
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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