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Little Cooper's Cottage

A Grade II Listed Building in Basildon, Essex

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5564 / 51°33'23"N

Longitude: 0.5049 / 0°30'17"E

OS Eastings: 573746

OS Northings: 187145

OS Grid: TQ737871

Mapcode National: GBR PMQ.8H7

Mapcode Global: VHJL1.P4SP

Plus Code: 9F32HG43+HX

Entry Name: Little Cooper's Cottage

Listing Date: 20 June 1980

Last Amended: 11 November 1988

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1122213

English Heritage Legacy ID: 112419

ID on this website: 101122213

Location: Pitsea, Basildon, Essex, SS16

County: Essex

District: Basildon

Electoral Ward/Division: Pitsea South East

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Traditional County: Essex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Essex

Church of England Parish: Pitsea St Gabriel with Nevendon St Peter

Church of England Diocese: Chelmsford

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This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 18 May 2021 to update the name and address and to reformat the text to current standards

TQ 78 NW

PITSEA
Pitsea Hall Lane
Wat Tyler Park
Little Cooper's Cottage

(formerly listed as Little Coopers Cottage, MARSH ROAD (west side), previously listed as Little Coopers Farmhouse, Takeley)

20.6.80

GV
II
House. Mid C16; two bays to left heightened in late C17. Weatherboard over timber frame; half-hipped thatch roof; brick ridge stack. Three-unit plan, probably open to roof, remodelled in late C17 as three-unit lobby-entry plan. One storey and attic; three-window range. C19 plank door and C20 windows; dormer has C19 two-light leaded casement with original fittings.

Interior: late C17 ogee-stopped chamfered beams of inserted floors to centre and left; chimneystack to right probably replaced former C16 smoke bay; service room to right, unaltered in late C17, is open to common rafter roof. First floor has exposed tie beam/wall plate assembly of former C16 roof, removed and heightened in late C17; late C17 clasped purlin roof with original common rafters. C17 floorboards; dormer window has mortices for former C17 diamond-mullioned window.

N.B. This building was previously listed in the 59th list of buildings of special architectural or historic interest in the District of Uttlesford, Essex.

Listing NGR: TQ7424889255

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