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Pear Tree Cottage

A Grade II Listed Building in Turvey, Bedford

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.162 / 52°9'43"N

Longitude: -0.6205 / 0°37'13"W

OS Eastings: 494461

OS Northings: 252421

OS Grid: SP944524

Mapcode National: GBR F07.KXQ

Mapcode Global: VHFPZ.6XBH

Plus Code: 9C4X596H+QR

Entry Name: Pear Tree Cottage

Listing Date: 27 August 1987

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1277620

English Heritage Legacy ID: 430950

ID on this website: 101277620

Location: Turvey, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK43

County: Bedford

Civil Parish: Turvey

Built-Up Area: Turvey

Traditional County: Bedfordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Bedfordshire

Church of England Parish: Turvey

Church of England Diocese: St.Albans

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Description


SP 9452-9552
29/591


TURVEY,
HIGH STREET (south side),
Pear Tree Cottage


(Formerly listed as Box Cottage, HIGH STREET (S. side))

27.8.1987

GV II


Estate cottage, mid C19.

MATERIALS: Coursed limestone rubble. Old clay tile roof.

PLAN: 2-room plan.

EXTERIOR: Two storeys with gable end red brick chimney stacks. The N gable end to the road has bargeboards with moulded timber decoration and drop finials. It has a blocked window on the first floor and a 2-light casement with glazing bars on the ground floor. The W elevation has two 2-light casements with glazing bars on the first floor, a 3-light casement with glazing bars on the ground floor, and a central doorway with pedimented doorhood on two slender square piers. The E elevation has one 2-light and one single-light casement with glazing bars on the first floor, and a 2-light casement with glazing bars on the ground floor. On the S side there is a small single-storey brick extension which does not have special interest.

INTERIOR: Features of interest include original four-panelled doors and plank doors. On the first floor there is a fireplace with cast iron register grate and arch plate surround.

HISTORY: Pear Tree Cottage (formerly Box Cottage) and its outbuilding The Covey were built in the mid C19 as part of the estate of Turvey Abbey, which lies to the east. The Covey was at some time in use as a shop and a workshop. The buildings appear on the Ordnance Survey maps of 1883 and 1900. They form a group with similar mid C19 estate cottages at nos. 1-2 High Street and Nos. 1-10 Abbey Square.

REASONS FOR DESIGNATION:
Pear Tree Cottage is designated at Grade II, for the following principal reasons:
* It is a well-crafted mid C19 estate cottage, built from local materials in a vernacular style, with decorative touches in the bargeboarding
* It forms part of an important and coherent group of Turvey Abbey estate cottages in a similar style, all listed at Grade II

Listing NGR: SP9445952418

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