The Old House
THE OLD HOUSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1295367
- Date first listed:
- 27-Nov-1987
- List Entry Name:
- The Old House
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD HOUSE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1295367
- Date first listed:
- 27-Nov-1987
- List Entry Name:
- The Old House
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE OLD HOUSE
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 OLD HOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Baschurch
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 45048 19829
Details
BOMERE HEATH C.P. WALFORD HEATH SJ 41 NE 6/108 The Old House - - II
Cottage, now unoccupied. C18, partly refaced in the mid-to late C19. Timber framed with painted brick nogging, refaced to front and left-hand gable end in rendered brick. Slate roof. Framing: square panels (3 from sole plate to wall plate) with long straight tension braces. Baffle- entry plan of 2 framed bays. One storey and attic. Central brick ridge stack behind ridge. Two gabled eaves dormers with 2-light wooden casements. Two-window front; 2-light C19 wooden casements. Central C19 half-glazed door with later gabled porch. Right-hand gable end with boarded door to left, and collar and tie-beam truss with raking struts. Brick and timber framed lean-to at rear with bread oven and external lateral brick stack. Interior: central dressed sandstone stack. Large open fireplace in left-hand ground-floor room with chamfered wooden lintel. Bread oven in right-hand ground-floor room. Cased ceiling beams and brick floors. Winder staircase in left-hand front corner. Despite the partial refacing, this is still a complete and rare example of a late timber framed baffle-entry house.
Listing NGR: SJ4504819829
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 259171
- 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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