Pair of Cottages, 490 Metres West of the Old Rectory
PAIR OF COTTAGES, 490 METRES WEST OF THE OLD RECTORY, PARK ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1285463
- Date first listed:
- 18-Apr-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Pair of Cottages, 490 Metres West of the Old Rectory
- Statutory Address:
- PAIR OF COTTAGES, 490 METRES WEST OF THE OLD RECTORY, PARK ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1285463
- Date first listed:
- 18-Apr-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Pair of Cottages, 490 Metres West of the Old Rectory
- Statutory Address 1:
- PAIR OF COTTAGES, 490 METRES WEST OF THE OLD RECTORY, PARK 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:
- PAIR OF COTTAGES, 490 METRES WEST OF THE OLD RECTORY, PARK ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- Mid Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Drinkstone
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 95495 61907
Details
DRINKSTONE PARK ROAD TL 96 SE 1/21 - Pair of Cottages, 490m - west of The Old Rectory II Pair of cottages; built as one house in early C17, subdivided early C19. One storey and attics. 3-cell cross-entry plan. Timber-framed and plastered; some C18 herringbone pargetting to rear elevation. Thatched roof: two dormers, collapsed into the building. Early C17 chimney of pink/buff brick. Early C19 casements in fragmentary condition. Two C19 boarded entrance doors; that to right is at cross-entry position. Quite substantial framing for date: unchamfered floor-joists and leaf-stop chamfered main beams. Clasped-purlin roof. Back-to-back lintelled open fireplaces with inserted C19 ranges. An early C17 moulded plank door, and one of early C18 with two bolection-moulded panels. In very poor condition at date of survey: roof over service cell collapsed, thatch missing in other areas, front wall at parlour cell on point of collapse. Included despite condition, for.complete early C17 framing.
Listing NGR: TL9549561907
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 280774
- 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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