Elmwood Cottages
ELMWOOD COTTAGES, 7 AND 7A, NORTON WAY NORTH
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1347660
- Date first listed:
- 07-Sept-1979
- List Entry Name:
- Elmwood Cottages
- Statutory Address:
- ELMWOOD COTTAGES, 7 AND 7A, NORTON WAY NORTH
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1347660
- Date first listed:
- 07-Sept-1979
- List Entry Name:
- Elmwood Cottages
- Statutory Address 1:
- ELMWOOD COTTAGES, 7 AND 7A, NORTON WAY NORTH
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:
- ELMWOOD COTTAGES, 7 AND 7A, NORTON WAY NORTH
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- North Hertfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 22163 33583
Details
NORTON WAY NORTH 1. 5255 Nos 7 and 7A (Elmwood Cottages) TL 2233 7/80 II 2. 1905 by M H Baillie-Scott. Pair of semi-detached houses. The most famous of the entries for the Cheap Cottage Exhibition. Based on the form of the medieval hall house with a recessed centre and slightly projecting gabled wings. Modern one storey extensions at north and south ends replacing the former, deeply-swept eaves characteristic of Baillie-Scott's work. Tiled roofs. Brick stacks with moulded caps. Timber-framed centre bay with stud and plaster work. Roughcast walls to wings. Flat-topped dormers. Three-light casement windows with mullions, leaded lights and tile labels. Recessed entrance with half-glazed door. Open plan interior with a single living space, articulated by the position of the staircase and with a deeply recessed inglenook fireplace. Good joinery and ironmongery. Although entered for the Cheap Cottages Exhibition, the design of Elmwood Cottages deliberately flouted the utilitarian ideals of the competition, thus producing one of the best entries. The 2 cottages are arranged so that they can be turned into one, cf "An Architect's Confession of Faith" by Baillie-Scott.
Listing NGR: TL2216333583
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 161887
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Baillie Scott, M H, An Architects Confession of Faith, ()
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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