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May Cottage

A Grade II Listed Building in St Albans, Hertfordshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.7488 / 51°44'55"N

Longitude: -0.3395 / 0°20'22"W

OS Eastings: 514728

OS Northings: 206867

OS Grid: TL147068

Mapcode National: GBR H89.BZ9

Mapcode Global: VHGPQ.29DR

Plus Code: 9C3XPMX6+G6

Entry Name: May Cottage

Listing Date: 27 August 1971

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1103058

English Heritage Legacy ID: 163443

ID on this website: 101103058

Location: St Albans, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1

County: Hertfordshire

District: St. Albans

Electoral Ward/Division: St Peters

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: St Albans

Traditional County: Hertfordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hertfordshire

Church of England Parish: Abbey Parish of St Albans

Church of England Diocese: St.Albans

Tagged with: Cottage

Description


This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 23 July 2025 to update the Name and Address and reformat the text to current standards

TL 1406 NE
14/112

SOPWELL LANE (South Side)
No 26
(May Cottage)

(Formerly listed as No 26 (Burleigh Cottage))

II

C16 timber framed building recently restored with used stock brick filling. Two storeys, two windows. High pitched, swept, tiled roof, continuing almost to ground level at rear. Tall, brick chimney stack. Close set studs on fist floor rest on exposed beam ends of overhanging upper floor, which is supported on three shouldered brackets. Wide set timbers with some horizontal rails on ground floor. Renewed casement windows.

New garage extension at left.

Listing NGR: TL1472806867

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