CliffordPope
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Our daughter is in the process of buying a small semi-detached cottage built in 1911. It has been modernised, and is pleasant but has no period or interesting features.
So we were surprised to discover from the solicitor that the local authority says it is listed. The present owner knows nothing of this, and answered his set of questions that it was unlisted. There is no grade attached to the so-called listing - it is just "Listed".
I have checked on the local authority website of listed buildings and on the national register, and the cottage is not mentioned.
All I have been able to discover is that there is, or was until 1970 something, a category of Grade 3 listing, which was for properties of local interest only, but had no statutory implications.
Could this be what has happened - it is a hangover from a defunct process, and means nothing? The local authority can provide no further information.
BTW - this in in Wales, if it makes a difference.
So we were surprised to discover from the solicitor that the local authority says it is listed. The present owner knows nothing of this, and answered his set of questions that it was unlisted. There is no grade attached to the so-called listing - it is just "Listed".
I have checked on the local authority website of listed buildings and on the national register, and the cottage is not mentioned.
All I have been able to discover is that there is, or was until 1970 something, a category of Grade 3 listing, which was for properties of local interest only, but had no statutory implications.
Could this be what has happened - it is a hangover from a defunct process, and means nothing? The local authority can provide no further information.
BTW - this in in Wales, if it makes a difference.
