Dolphin Cottage, Bank Cottage, and Step Cottage

Junction of Jerusalem Terrace and Hugh Street, Hugh Town, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, TR21 0HY

Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places

Overview

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1328844
Date first listed:: 06-Apr-1959
List Entry Name:: Dolphin Cottage, Bank Cottage, and Step Cottage
Statutory Address:: Junction of Jerusalem Terrace and Hugh Street, Hugh Town, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, TR21 0HY

User submitted image — Uploaded by Jonathan Taylor This photo may not represent the current condition of the site. Almost 350,000 images and stories have been added to the Missing Pieces Project so far. Share your story.
View all

Location

Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.

There is a problem

Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions.

This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.

What is the National Heritage List for England?

The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.

The list includes:

🏠 Buildings
🏰 Scheduled monuments
🌳 Parks and gardens
⚔️ Battlefields
⚓ Shipwrecks

Find out more about listing

Images of England Project

To view this image please use Firefox, Chrome, Safari, or Edge.

Archive image, may not represent current condition of site.

Date:: 2002-06-03
Reference:: IOE01/06832/31
Rights:: © Mr GW Tanner. Source: Historic England Archive

Local Heritage Hub

Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.

Discover more

Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1328844
Date first listed:: 06-Apr-1959
Date of most recent amendment:: 11-Feb-2025
List Entry Name:: Dolphin Cottage, Bank Cottage, and Step Cottage
Location Description:
Statutory Address 1:: Junction of Jerusalem Terrace and Hugh Street, Hugh Town, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, TR21 0HY

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: Junction of Jerusalem Terrace and Hugh Street, Hugh Town, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, TR21 0HY

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

District:: Isles of Scilly (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: St. Mary's
National Grid Reference:: SV9015210650

Summary

C18 or early-C19 building comprising three houses. C19 and C20 alterations.

Reasons for Designation

Dolphin Cottage, Bank Cottage, and Step Cottage are listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

Architectural and historic interest:

* as C18 or early-C19 cottages that retain a significant proportion of their historic fabric; * for their regionally-distinctive use of vernacular materials and building traditions.

History

The group of three houses, known as Dolphin Cottage, Bank Cottage, and Step Cottage appear to have been built in the C18 or early C19, and the footprint of the building is shown on an 1829 plan. The 1st edition Ordnance Survey (OS) map (1889) shows Dolphin Cottage and Bank Cottage as one dwelling and Step Cottage as a separate cottage. They are shown as three cottages on the 1908 OS map.

Details

C18 or early-C19 building comprising three houses. C19 and C20 alterations.

MATERIALS: built of granite rubble stone with some large blocks, and scantle slate roofs. Dolphin Cottage and Bank Cottage are painted white. The east elevation of the south range of Step Cottage is rendered. The chimneystacks are built of granite rubble stone; two of the gable-end stacks to Step Cottage are rendered.

PLAN: the three dwellings form a roughly T-shaped footprint. Step Cottage is to the west; Bank Cottage to the north; and Dolphin Cottage to the east. Each cottage is thought to have a two-cell plan with a central staircase.

EXTERIOR: of two storeys. The principal elevation (north) of Dolphin Cottage has a two-window range with three-over-three sash windows; that to the ground floor is horned, and the opening has possibly been altered. It has a C20 half-glazed door. The roof to the left-hand end forms a half hip. To the right-hand end is a large rubble stone stack. To the rear (south) elevation is a single-storey lean-to. The principal elevation of Bank Cottage (east) is of three bays, with a central entrance door and flanking windows to the ground and first floor. The door and windows are late-C20 uPVC replacements. There is a rendered ridge stack towards the right-hand end, and a further tall stack to the rear. Step Cottage is sited on higher ground, and has an L-shaped plan with gable end stacks, and a single-storey range to the rear (north). The principal elevation (east and south) is L-shaped with one bay to the left, and two bays to the right. Above the door and ground floor window are large granite stone lintels. The windows are two-over-two horned sash windows.

INTERIOR: understood to have fireplaces with large stone lintels.

Legacy

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

Legacy System number:: 62513
Legacy System:: LBS

Sources

Other
Cornwall OS map 1:2500 (Revised 1906, Published 1908)
Cornwall OS map 1:2500 (Surveyed 1887-1888, Published 1889)
Hillman, J, Plan of the Garrison, Saint Mary’s, Scilly, 1829 (Duchy of Cornwall, Hugh House, St Mary’s)
Shu Architects, ‘Statement of Case for Step Cottage, Hugh Town, St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly’, November 2024

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.