Bell View Cottage Seven Bells
BELL VIEW COTTAGE, THE STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1249123
- Date first listed:
- 16-Mar-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Bell View Cottage Seven Bells
- Statutory Address:
- BELL VIEW COTTAGE, THE STREET
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- Reference:
- IOE01/13548/29
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1249123
- Date first listed:
- 16-Mar-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Bell View Cottage Seven Bells
- Statutory Address 1:
- BELL VIEW COTTAGE, THE STREET
- Statutory Address 2:
- SEVEN BELLS, THE 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:
- BELL VIEW COTTAGE, THE STREET
- Statutory Address:
- SEVEN BELLS, THE STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- Mid Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Botesdale
- National Grid Reference:
- TM 04685 75739
Details
BOTESDALE THE STREET (SOUTH EAST TM 0475 SIDE) 6/38 Seven Bells and Bell View - Cottage GV II House, latterly with a shop, now 2 dwellings. Early C17, altered C18, altered, raised and extended mid to late C19. Timber frame, plastered with some scoring to resemble ashlar. Black glazed pantiled roof with plaintiles and red pantiles to rear. 3 cells with a 3 bay service wing to rear left to form an Lon plan. 2 storeys. Lobby entrance probably replacing an original cross entry with steps up to an architraved door to right of centre. Flanking architraved glazing bar sashes with hoodboards. Left or service bay has steps up to a half glazed architraved door and a large architraved 8-light former shop window. First floor 3:6 pane architraved sashes, boxed eaves. Axial ridge stack to right of centre between hall and parlour has 3 conjoined hexagonal shafts. Right gable end C20 entrance porch. To rear right a C19 flint and clay lump lean-to, to centre a lower lean-to outshut and a dormer window. Service wing extends to rear left with a stack on outer slope of first or kitchen bay, rebuilt capping, inner return has 2 doors and mixed casements. Interior: parlour altered with C18 fireplace and chamfered axial binding beam, hall has a C17 cyma moulded indented stop chamfered fireplace bressumer, former shop in service bay has an applied cyma moulded cornice, stop chamfered axial binding beams in service wing.
Listing NGR: TM0468575739
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 430965
- 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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