Castle House Including Part Occupied As Separate Cottage and Harvey's Academy
CASTLE HOUSE INCLUDING PART OCCUPIED AS SEPARATE COTTAGE AND HARVEY'S ACADEMY, 53, HOLTON ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1267724
- Date first listed:
- 21-Oct-1949
- List Entry Name:
- Castle House Including Part Occupied As Separate Cottage and Harvey's Academy
- Statutory Address:
- CASTLE HOUSE INCLUDING PART OCCUPIED AS SEPARATE COTTAGE AND HARVEY'S ACADEMY, 53, HOLTON ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1267724
- Date first listed:
- 21-Oct-1949
- List Entry Name:
- Castle House Including Part Occupied As Separate Cottage and Harvey's Academy
- Statutory Address 1:
- CASTLE HOUSE INCLUDING PART OCCUPIED AS SEPARATE COTTAGE AND HARVEY'S ACADEMY, 53, HOLTON ROAD
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:
- CASTLE HOUSE INCLUDING PART OCCUPIED AS SEPARATE COTTAGE AND HARVEY'S ACADEMY, 53, HOLTON ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- East Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Halesworth
- National Grid Reference:
- TM 39247 77441
Details
1. HOLTON ROAD
1163 No 53
(Castle House)
(including part occupied as
Separate cottage and
Harvey's Academy)
TM 3977 2/23 21.10.49.
II
2.
The house appears to have no association with a castle. There is a minor
earlier part of the present house dated 1727 in deeds, and the main structure
was built in 1810. The centre block, of the later date is 3 storey, red
brick, centre has piers 4 1/2 ins forward with segmental arch over at 2nd floor.
Wide cornices with mutules, pediment over central break Slates. Brick band
at 1st floor cill level and at springing of 2nd floor arch. 3 windows, sash,
with glazing bars, flat arches and stone cills. 6-panel door with narrow
side lights with diagonal glazing bars, and segmental radial bar fanlight.
Left hand wing, of older date, faced in 1810, with one 6-panel door, segmental
arch and fanlight. South face, 3 1st floor sash windows with glazing bars
and flush frames. On right handis a 2-storey older wing part being occupied
as a separate cottage, 1 sash window with glazing bars and flush frame, and
one dummy, 6-panel door with pointed dummy fanlight. At back is separate
C18 1-storey building once used as a school known as "Harvey's Academy" shown
in Suckling's History as being in 1848 at Gothic House, London Road, qv.
Listing NGR: TM3924777441
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 417882
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Suckling, , The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk, (1846)
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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