Forge Cottage, Barn End Cottage and the Barn

BARN END COTTAGE

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1368870
Date first listed:
19-Jan-1973
List Entry Name:
Forge Cottage, Barn End Cottage and the Barn
Statutory Address:
BARN END COTTAGE

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1368870
Date first listed:
19-Jan-1973
Date of most recent amendment:
05-Aug-1987
List Entry Name:
Forge Cottage, Barn End Cottage and the Barn
Statutory Address 1:
BARN END COTTAGE
Statutory Address 2:
FORGE COTTAGE
Statutory Address 3:
THE BARN

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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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
BARN END COTTAGE
Statutory Address:
FORGE COTTAGE
Statutory Address:
THE BARN

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

County:
Oxfordshire
District:
South Oxfordshire (District Authority)
Parish:
Sydenham
National Grid Reference:
SP7306401875

Details

SP7301
13/81
19/01/73

SYDENHAM
Forge Cottage, Barn End Cottage, and The Barn
(Formerly listed as Forge Cottage with two adjoining cottages and barn)

GV
II

House and barn, now 3 dwellings. C17 with C19 addition to left. Thin timber
framing with painted brick infill; roughcast on brick to left; thatch roof; old
plain-tile roof to left; brick ridge stacks to left and right of centre, C19 end
stack to left. Single storey and attic; 4-window range, with 2-storey,
single-window addition to left. C19 plank door to left of centre. C20 plank
doors to centre and to right of centre. Irregular fenestration mostly of 2-light
casements. 4 swept dormers. Interiors not inspected. Barn attached to right, now
converted to house. C20 brick plinth; C20 weatherboarding, probably on brick;
thatch roof, half-hipped to right. Single storey and attic; single-window range.
Carriageway to left. C20 casement to right.

Listing NGR: SP7306401875

Legacy

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

Legacy System number:
249095
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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