Alma House and Attached Walls and Railings
ALMA HOUSE AND ATTACHED WALLS AND RAILINGS, HIGH LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1384264
- Date first listed:
- 27-Jan-1978
- List Entry Name:
- Alma House and Attached Walls and Railings
- Statutory Address:
- ALMA HOUSE AND ATTACHED WALLS AND RAILINGS, HIGH LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1384264
- Date first listed:
- 27-Jan-1978
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 22-May-2000
- List Entry Name:
- Alma House and Attached Walls and Railings
- Statutory Address 1:
- ALMA HOUSE AND ATTACHED WALLS AND RAILINGS, HIGH 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:
- ALMA HOUSE AND ATTACHED WALLS AND RAILINGS, HIGH LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Derbyshire
- District:
- High Peak (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 02201 93252
Details
GLOSSOP
SK0293SW HIGH LANE, Simmondley
921-1/12/89 (South East side)
27/01/78 Alma House and attached walls and
railings
(Formerly Listed as:
HIGH LANE, Simmondley
(South East side)
Alma House and garden wall)
GV II
House. Early C19, incorporating earlier fragments. Millstone
grit in diminishing courses with ashlar dressings. Overhanging
stone slate roof and stone stack to left with watertabling.
EXTERIOR: 2 storey and garret. Asymmetrical 2 window front has
off-centre doorway in flush ashlar surround with C20 panel
door and overlight. To right two C20 12-pane casements and to
left a single 12-pane glazing bar sash. Above 2 similar
sashes.
Left return has single 4-pane sash at first floor and 2 single
light openings to garret.
Right return re-ordered C20 with some blocked openings, one to
first floor right possibly blocked doorway. Both gable ends
show signs of heightening and removal of chimney flues.
INTERIOR: has wooden folding shutters to ground floor room
right. Stairs rise in straight flight from rear of hall with
deep set single light splayed window to landing. Roof has
off-centre partition which was exterior wall of earlier
structure. Access to left side of house is through former
window opening with tooled sill and lintel. Earlier roof line
to single storey extension is visible, with pegged hollow beam
lodged in apex.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached to front low garden wall with
C20 spear-head and urn shaped railings and gates plus ashlar
gate piers with bow curved tops.
Listing NGR: SK0220193252
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 484698
- 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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