Flint Cottage
FLINT COTTAGE, THE ZIG ZAG
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1278478
- Date first listed:
- 28-Nov-1951
- Statutory Address:
- FLINT COTTAGE, THE ZIG ZAG
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- Date:
- 2006-06-06
- Reference:
- IOE01/14658/32
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1278478
- Date first listed:
- 28-Nov-1951
- Statutory Address 1:
- FLINT COTTAGE, THE ZIG ZAG
Location
- Statutory Address:
- FLINT COTTAGE, THE ZIG ZAG
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Surrey
- District:
- Mole Valley (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Mickleham
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 17218 52353
Details
THE ZIG-ZAG 1. 1049 BOX HILL Flint Cottage TQ 15 SE 8/94 28.ll.51.
II
2. Listed for both architectural and historical reasons. Late C18 or early Cl9. 2 storeys. 3 windows facing south-west, 2 windows, facing south-east. Faced with flints with red brick window dressings, quoins and stringcourse. Parapet of flints on south-west front with 2 horizontal courses of bricks along the top of it. Eaves cornice on the south-east front. Hipped slate roof. Trellised wooden porch at the head of 5 steps. The house was the home of George Meredith from 1889 until 1909, and he died there on 18 May 1909. (Illustrated (Plate 20) in "Old English Houses" by Hugh Braun).
Listing NGR: TQ1721852353
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 405732
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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Braun, H, Old English Houses, ()
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