Church Cottage
CHURCH COTTAGE, CHURCH LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1251389
- Date first listed:
- 12-Oct-1990
- List Entry Name:
- Church Cottage
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH COTTAGE, CHURCH LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1251389
- Date first listed:
- 12-Oct-1990
- List Entry Name:
- Church Cottage
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH COTTAGE, CHURCH 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:
- CHURCH COTTAGE, CHURCH LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Surrey
- District:
- Guildford (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Pirbright
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 94191 55911
Details
SU 95 NW PIRBRIGHT CHURCH LANE Church Cottage
1/634
GV II
Cottage.Late C16 2 bay timberframed house of 1 storey with framed smoke hood in smaller bay with early C17 2 bay parlour wing with chimney rising through earlier smoke hood bay, clad in brick in C19. Original part of the house is in English bond brickwork with tiled roof and C19 casements. The early C17 parlour wing is of early C19 brickwork in Flemish bond with tiled roof and tall brick chimneystack. 2 storeys and attics in gable end; 2 windows C19 casements with cambered heads. Early C20 gabled brick porch at the junction of the 2 wings. Later weatherboarded outshut to rear. Interior of earliest wing has a green port roof which contains remains of the original wattle and daub chimney with brick nogging and nailed studs. Sooting on the pegged timbers beyond the later stair. The parlour wing contains a wider staircase and chamfered spine beam with lambs tongue steps and carved bracket to main post. Ground floor room has early C19 wooden fire surround with brackets and cupboard recess C19 plank doors to parlour and best bedrooom. This house was believed to be the residence of early incumbents of the adjoining Parish church. Before the Dissolution the land belonged to Newark Priory but was leased to Sir Edward Newly Chaplain of Pirbright. They were vested in the crown under a statute of Edward VI in 1547. (See Domestic Buildings Research Group Report no.3792)
Listing NGR: SU9419155911
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 288247
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Domestic Buildings Research Group Report in Report Number 3792, ()
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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