Lower Baber Cottages

LOWER BABER COTTAGES

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1311295
Date first listed:
19-Oct-1987
List Entry Name:
Lower Baber Cottages
Statutory Address:
LOWER BABER COTTAGES

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1311295
Date first listed:
19-Oct-1987
List Entry Name:
Lower Baber Cottages
Statutory Address 1:
LOWER BABER COTTAGES

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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:
LOWER BABER COTTAGES

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
St. Dominick
National Grid Reference:
SX4001667916

Details

ST DOMINICK ST DOMINICK
SX 46 NW
4/239 Lower Baber Cottages
II
Three attached houses, now two. Mid C19 with few later alterations and additions.
Slatestone rubble, partly rendered and partly slate-hung. Slate roof with ridge tiles
and gable ends; gable end stacks and rear lateral stack.
Plan: Three houses arranged in an L-plan, with 2 houses in range to left and one
house in the front right wing. The two to right are now one house. House to left of
2-room plan, with central entrance and room to left and right; room to left heated by
gable end stack and room to right heated by rear lateral stack. Central house of one-
room plan, with entrance directly into the room, which is heated by a gable end stack
to right, the house in the wing to front right is heated by a gable end stack at the
front of the wing, and is also of one-room plan. Small C20 addition to rear.
Exterior: Main range of 2 storeys, slate-hung at the front, a nearly symmetrical 3-
window front. First floor has three C19 2-light 8-pane casements. Ground floor has
house to left with central door with hipped hood and 3-light casement to right and
left. House to right has similar door and 3-light casement to right. The left end is
slate-hung at the upper level and has a small single storey lean-to. The wing to
front right is also 2-storey, and rendered. The front gable end has 2-light casement
at ground floor and external stack, with oven at the base. The inner side of the wing
has a 2-light casement at first floor. The right side of the wing has 2-light
casement at ground floor. The gable end of the main range has C20 door and single
light. First floor has 2-light casement and single casement. The rear has a single
storey addition behind the central house.
Interior: Not inspected.


Listing NGR: SX4001667916

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
60988
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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