20, 20A AND 21, WATCHBELL STREET
20, 20A AND 21, WATCHBELL STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1252110
- Date first listed:
- 12-Oct-1951
- List Entry Name:
- 20, 20A AND 21, WATCHBELL STREET
- Statutory Address:
- 20, 20A AND 21, WATCHBELL STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1252110
- Date first listed:
- 12-Oct-1951
- List Entry Name:
- 20, 20A AND 21, WATCHBELL STREET
- Statutory Address 1:
- 20, 20A AND 21, WATCHBELL 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:
- 20, 20A AND 21, WATCHBELL 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 92046 20191
Details
1. 1578 WATCHBELL STREET (South Side)
Nos 20 & 20A No 21 TQ 9220 1/142 12.10.51.
II GV
2. Early C17 houses with 1st floor over hanging on a curved bracket between Nos 20A and 21. Refronted in tile C18. 2 storeys and attic. Nos 20 and 21 have 2 windows, no 20A 1 window. Stuccoed, ground floor grooved in imitation of masonry. Parapet. Tiled roof, 1 dormer each. Sash windows. Glazing bars intact. Each house has 1 large bay window on the ground floor. The doorways have narrow rectangular fanlights with vertical divisions. That at No 20 has also fluted pilasters and small flat hood over the doorway and under the overhang of the 1st floor.
Nos 18 to 21 (consec) form a group.
Listing NGR: TQ9204720183
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 435047
- 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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