Tennis Pavilion at Wellesley Recreation Ground
TENNIS PAVILION AT WELLESLEY RECREATION GROUND, WELLESLEY ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1380280
- Date first listed:
- 02-May-2000
- List Entry Name:
- Tennis Pavilion at Wellesley Recreation Ground
- Statutory Address:
- TENNIS PAVILION AT WELLESLEY RECREATION GROUND, WELLESLEY ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1380280
- Date first listed:
- 02-May-2000
- List Entry Name:
- Tennis Pavilion at Wellesley Recreation Ground
- Statutory Address 1:
- TENNIS PAVILION AT WELLESLEY RECREATION GROUND, WELLESLEY ROAD
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:
- TENNIS PAVILION AT WELLESLEY RECREATION GROUND, WELLESLEY ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Norfolk
- District:
- Great Yarmouth (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TG 53024 08055
Details
TG5208 WELLESLEY ROAD
839-1/5/10005 Tennis Pavilion at Wellesley Recreatio
02-MAY-00 n Ground
GV II
Tennis pavilion. 1890 by J.W. Cockrill, the Borough Engineer. Red brick with applied timber studs and rails forming rendered panels; machine tile roof to enclosed part, corrugated asbestos to verandah.
PLAN: rectangular, with canted east and west ends, a central cross gable and an open verandah to the north.
EXTERIOR: one storey. North elevation with 9 bays of open verandah, the centre 3 bays broken forward, and all supported by square timber posts with solid scrolled braces and chamfered corners.
Centre of north elevation broken forward and with central half-glazed double doors flanked by one fixed 2-paned window right and left. Timbered gable above. Either side of centre is a further 4-panelled door flanked by fixed 2-paned windows. Canted ends each with 3 1/1 unhorned sashes. Rear with gentlemen's public urinal of glazed brick, roofed with acetate sheet. Blocked doorway into pavilion.
INTERIOR: 3 rooms. East and west rooms are changing rooms, the latter with low lockers doubling as bench seats, the east room with toilet facilities behind a modesty screen. 4-panelled doors lead into centre room (communicating door into west room boarded over). Centre room with a timber counter. All rooms lined with timber planks.
Forms a group with the Grandstand (qv) and Ticket Office (qv).
Listing NGR: TG5302408055
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 480126
- 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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