PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage·Page 51·C17

Curtilage Objects and Structures - Definition and Examples

Listing protects objects or structures within a building's curtilage that formed part of the land since before 1 October 1973, such as stables, mews buildings, garden walls, gate lodges, and stone setts. Curtilage is not exactly defined in law but certain considerations assist in determining what is included.

The listing of a building affords protection to those objects or structures contained within its curtilage which form part of the land and have done so since before 1 October 1973. Examples of such objects might include stables, mews buildings, garden walls, a gate lodge or stone setts. There is no exact legal definition of a building's curtilage and this sometimes causes difficulties, but the following considerations may be of assistance in determining what is included within the curtilage:

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