Lady Dorothy's Cottage
LADY DOROTHY'S COTTAGE, COTE LANE
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1230631
- Date first listed:
- 18-Dec-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Lady Dorothy's Cottage
- Statutory Address:
- LADY DOROTHY'S COTTAGE, COTE LANE
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2005-08-01
- Reference:
- IOE01/13466/32
- Rights:
- © Mrs Katharine D. Butterworth. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1230631
- Date first listed:
- 18-Dec-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Lady Dorothy's Cottage
- Statutory Address 1:
- LADY DOROTHY'S COTTAGE, COTE LANE
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:
- LADY DOROTHY'S COTTAGE, COTE LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Staffordshire
- District:
- South Staffordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Enville
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 83648 85900
Details
ENVILLE C.P. COTE LANE (south-west SO 88 NW side) 8/22 Lady Dorothy's Cottage II School now house. Dated 1755 with later alterations and additions. Perhaps by William Baker. Red brick with ashlar dressings; plain tile roof with coped verges; brick integral end stacks. 2 parallel ranges aligned north- south facing east. 2 storeys and gable-lit attic with ogee-moulded eaves band. 2 windows, small-pane casements with bracketed pediments. Central 6-panel door with bracketed pediment and keyed fanlight with radiating glazing bars. Single-storey, single-bay wings to left and right. Central datestone inscribed "This school/was/erected and endowed/by/LADY DOROTHY GREY/IN THE YEAR/1755". Rear. 2 storeys and attic with ogee-moulded eaves band and giant corner pilasters, crenellated parapets over pilasters and stepped up over central bay. 3 bays; central staircase window with raised keystone and lunette over, otherwise small-pane casements with bracketed pediments. Central 6-panel door with glazed top panels and raised keystone. Interior. Noted as having a dog-leg staircase with turned balusters. William Baker was at Enville in 1748 and was paid for plans in 1750; Lady Dorothy's Cottage has stylistic affinities with Woodhouse Farmhouse (q.v.), Stoke-upon-Tern C.P. North Shropshire District which was built by William Baker for Charles Pigot in 1754-6. Colvin p.84.
Listing NGR: SO8364885900
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 405612
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Colvin, H M, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840, (1978), 84
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 06-Jun-2026 at 11:00:50.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.