Fir Cottage
FIR COTTAGE, GORE LANE
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1346222
- Date first listed:
- 16-Feb-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Fir Cottage
- Statutory Address:
- FIR COTTAGE, GORE LANE
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
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 |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2007-08-21
- Reference:
- IOE01/16858/30
- Rights:
- © Mr Roger Ashley. 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 moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1346222
- Date first listed:
- 16-Feb-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Fir Cottage
- Statutory Address 1:
- FIR COTTAGE, GORE LANE
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:
- FIR COTTAGE, GORE LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Essex
- District:
- Braintree (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Rayne
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 73054 22507
Details
TL7222 RAYNE
342/8/10001 GORE LANE
Fur Cottage
GV II
House. C. 1740, extended by outshut to rear early Cl9. Plastered and whitewashed timber frame outshut of brick; thatched roof. EXTERIOR: one storey and dormer attic. East front with central early C20 half-glazed door beneath C20 gabled porch hood. To left of door is one 6/6 horizontally sliding sash, and one 2-light casement with glazing bars to extreme south. To right of door is one 2-light casement with ~g bars immediately left of one 6/6 horizontally sliding sash. Elevation with 2 painted plaster devices probably concealing tension plates. 2 gabled dormers fitted with 2-fight casements with ~g bars. Double-flued ridge stack left of centre and gable-end stack to north. Rear with full-length outshut, partly pantiled. 2-light late C20 casement to left beneath gabled thatched roof, and 4 further C20 windows to remainder. Low external stack to left of elevation. Single gabled dormer fitted with a 2-light casement. North gable with C20 half-glazed door; south gable with 2 late C20 2-light casements to ground floor and one to attic.
Listing NGR: TL7305422507
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 473012
- 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.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 14-Jun-2026 at 07:06:08.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.