Old Water House in Field at Rough Hill

OLD WATER HOUSE IN FIELD AT ROUGH HILL, GOTHAM LANE

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1248706
Date first listed:
13-Oct-1966
List Entry Name:
Old Water House in Field at Rough Hill
Statutory Address:
OLD WATER HOUSE IN FIELD AT ROUGH HILL, GOTHAM LANE

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1248706
Date first listed:
13-Oct-1966
List Entry Name:
Old Water House in Field at Rough Hill
Statutory Address 1:
OLD WATER HOUSE IN FIELD AT ROUGH HILL, GOTHAM 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.

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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:
OLD WATER HOUSE IN FIELD AT ROUGH HILL, GOTHAM LANE

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

County:
Nottinghamshire
District:
Rushcliffe (District Authority)
Parish:
Bunny
National Grid Reference:
SK5683928782

Details

SK 52 NE
7/34
13.10.66
BUNNY

GOTHAM LANE
(south side)

Old Water House
in field at
Rough Hill

II

Water house. Early C18. Designed by and built for Sir Thomas
Parkyns of Bunny Hall. Red brick, some blue brick, ashlar and
rubble. Pyramidal brick roof topped with ashlar millstone.
Rubble plinth. Small square structure, single storey, single
bay. East and west sides with single segmental arched openings
at ground level. East, west and north sides each with 2 slit
ventilators. South side has a segmental arched doorway with
ashlar hinge and wooden lock blocks. Interior formerly held
water over whole of floor to a probable depth of about 2 feet.
Sir Thomas Parkyns Bart. (c.1662-1741) carried out improvements
to and rebuilt almost all of Bunny to his own designs.


Listing NGR: SK5683928782

Legacy

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

Legacy System number:
430443
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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