The Thatched Cottage
THE THATCHED COTTAGE, THE STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1283946
- Date first listed:
- 27-Apr-1987
- List Entry Name:
- The Thatched Cottage
- Statutory Address:
- THE THATCHED COTTAGE, THE STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1283946
- Date first listed:
- 27-Apr-1987
- List Entry Name:
- The Thatched Cottage
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE THATCHED COTTAGE, THE 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:
- THE THATCHED COTTAGE, THE STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- East Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- St. James, South Elmham
- National Grid Reference:
- TM 31903 81064
Details
SOUTH ELMHAM ST. JAMES THE STREET TM 38 SW
4/57 The Thatched Cottage -
- II
House. C17. 1½ storeys. Timber-framed and rendered with thatched roof. 3 3-light late C20 diamond-leaded casement windows to each storey. Plank door under an open thatched and gabled porch. An internal chimney-stack with a plain red brick shaft, and one end stack. The frame is in 6 bays, including a chimney-bay, probably with a basic 3-cell division, but to the left of the stack there is now a single large room, with the ceiling beams either an insertion or replacement. The main posts have no tie-beams, and some of the timbers are reused. To the right of the stack, the main beam on the ground floor has ovolo-moulding and ogee stops; the remaining beams are chamfered, with plain joists set flat. A single-storey lean-to along the rear.
Listing NGR: TM3190381064
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 282317
- 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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