Mermaid House the Mermaid Hotel
MERMAID HOUSE, MERMAID STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1251961
- Date first listed:
- 12-Oct-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Mermaid House the Mermaid Hotel
- Statutory Address:
- MERMAID HOUSE, MERMAID STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1251961
- Date first listed:
- 12-Oct-1951
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 08-Aug-1968
- List Entry Name:
- Mermaid House the Mermaid Hotel
- Statutory Address 1:
- MERMAID HOUSE, MERMAID STREET
- Statutory Address 2:
- THE MERMAID HOTEL, MERMAID 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:
- MERMAID HOUSE, MERMAID STREET
- Statutory Address:
- THE MERMAID HOTEL, MERMAID STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- East Sussex
- District:
- Rother (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Rye
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 92008 20293
Details
1. 1578 MERMAID STREET (North Side)
TQ 9120 1/125 12.l0.51. The Mermaid Hotel. TQ 9120 1/125 8.8.68. Mermaid House.
II* (The Mermaid Hotel) GV II
2. A late C15 timber-framed building containing an inner courtyard. There is a C13 stone vaulted cellar beneath the Hotel. The earliest portion above ground is the south front. 2 storeys and attic. 5 windows the 1st floor is studded and overhangs on the projecting ends of the floor joists and bressumer. The westernmost bay of the 1st floor is built out over the entrance to the stable yard and rests on 3 wooden posts with 3 beams across them and curved brackets adjoining them. Beyond this yard the Hotel is continued into another building containing 2 windows and 1 dormer. (The north front of this portion of the hotel has been refaced with brick, though the upright beams and curved braces have been preserved.) Most of the windows of the Hotel are modern. Tiled roof. Doorway with carved jambs. On the east front of the entrance to the stable yard the infilling of the ground floor is of brick instead of plaster. The 1st floor of the building overhangs on all fronts. There is a gable at the east end of the north front. The interior contains Tudor fireplaces and panelling. To the east the Hotel is continued into an C18 red brick building of 2 storeys and attic, 2 windows and 2 dormers.
All the listed buildings in Mermaid Street form a group.
Listing NGR: TQ9200620291
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 434852
- 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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