Shirley Cottage the Old Cottage
SHIRLEY COTTAGE, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1353570
- Date first listed:
- 26-Nov-1953
- List Entry Name:
- Shirley Cottage the Old Cottage
- Statutory Address:
- SHIRLEY COTTAGE, HIGH STREET
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- Reference:
- IOE01/10580/16
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1353570
- Date first listed:
- 26-Nov-1953
- List Entry Name:
- Shirley Cottage the Old Cottage
- Statutory Address 1:
- SHIRLEY COTTAGE, HIGH STREET
- Statutory Address 2:
- THE OLD COTTAGE, HIGH STREET
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:
- SHIRLEY COTTAGE, HIGH STREET
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD COTTAGE, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- East Sussex
- District:
- Wealden (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Mayfield and Five Ashes
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 58679 26981
Details
MAYFIELD HIGH STREET 1. 5208 (south side) Shirley Cottage and The Old Cottage TQ 5826 40/490 26.11.53 II GV 2. One building. Late C16 or early C17 timber-framed building with plaster infilling, of which the timbering is still visible in the upper storeys of The Old Cottage, the ground floor beneath this having been built out. Shirley Cottage has been refronted with red brick on ground floor and tile-hanging above. The Old Cottage has a projecting gable. Tiled roof. Casement windows with small square panes on first floor. Modern windows below. Two storeys and attic in gable. Four windows.
Listing NGR: TQ5867526980
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 296520
- 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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